MAC bids farewell to Col Hernandez, welcomes Col Laidlaw as new commander

Claire Sherman, Bay County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee chairman (right), poses for a photo with U.S. Air Force Col. Michael Hernandez, outgoing 325th Fighter Wing commander (middle), and his wife Liz Hernandez (left), at a MAC-hosted farewell event at the St. Andrews Yacht Club, Panama City, Fla., June 26, 2018. The MAC began in 1946 and is designed to serve as the liaison between the civilian and the military community. During his time as commander, Hernandez achieved the highest F-22 Raptor combat mission ready rate in four years and executed the largest Air Combat Command F-22 deployment to Central Command in support of OPERATION INHERENT RESOLVE. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz/Released)

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MAC bids farewell to Col Hernandez, welcomes Col Laidlaw as new commander

Claire Sherman, Bay County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee chairman, presents a MAC coin to U.S. Air Force Col. Brian Laidlaw, incoming 325th Fighter Wing commander, at a MAC-hosted welcoming event at the St. Andrews Yacht Club, Panama City, Fla., June 26, 2018. Laidlaw has served in multiple fighter aircraft assignments, was a legislative fellow in the U.S. Senate, attended the National War College, and spent two years in the Pentagon as a fighter program analyst on the Office of the Secretary of Defense staff. The purpose of the MAC is to promote the development of Bay County’s military community, the military installations located in Bay County, and the military and the civilian personnel assigned to those installations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz/Released)

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MAC bids farewell to Col Hernandez, welcomes Col Laidlaw as new commander

Published June 27, 2018
By Airman 1st Class Isaiah J. Soliz
325th Fighter Wing Public Affairs

TYNDALL AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. -- Bay County Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee bids farewell to Col. Michael Hernandez, 325th Fighter Wing commander, and welcomes incoming 325th Fighter Wing commander Col. Brian Laidlaw.