Col. Paige Abbott assumes command
Western Air Defense Sector, Director of Support, Col. Paige T. Abbott, receives the 225th Air Defense Squadron guidon from Brig. Gen. John S. Tuohy, Washington state assistant adjutant general - Air, during the activation and assumption of command ceremony, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, May 2, 2015. WADS is responsible for air sovereignty and counter-air operations over the western United States and directs a variety of assets to defend 2.2 million square miles of land and sea. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Capt. Kimberly Burke/Released)