Leadership changes in AFRC, 10th Air Force

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ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. --  Senior leaders in Air Force Reserve Command and one of its numbered air forces change jobs in late December and early January.

In a ceremony Dec. 20, Maj. Gen. Allan R. Poulin relinquished command of 10th Air Force to Maj. Gen. Richard C. Collins at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas, to become AFRC vice commander at Robins AFB.

General Poulin will replace Maj. Gen. David E. Tanzi, who will retire in a ceremony at Robins AFB Jan. 11.

As AFRC vice commander, General Poulin will serve fulltime and oversee the day-to-day operation of the command and its headquarters. AFRC has about 75,000 reservists who train and deploy regularly. The command is composed of three numbered air forces divided into 36 wings, three flying groups, one space group and more than 600 subordinate units.

In civilian life, General Poulin was an airline pilot flying international routes for a major U.S. carrier.

General Collins was mobilization assistant to the commander of Air Education and Training Command at Randolph AFB, Texas, before becoming the 10th Air Force commander.

As commander, the general will continue to serve as a traditional reservist, overseeing the operation of all AFRC fighter, bomber, rescue, airborne warning and control, special operations, flying training, combat air operations battle staff and space units. Col. Jimmie Mills, 10th Air Force director of staff, will run the day-to-day operation of the numbered air force when General Collins in not on duty.

In his civilian occupation, General Collins is an airline captain flying for a major U.S. carrier. (AFRC News Service)