The Commander of 15 Wing Moose Jaw, Colonel Denis O'Reilly, has transferred command after 3 years of service. O'Reilly was a graduate from Vanier Collegiate, and had been in the Canadian Forces since 1991. He will be moving out of Moose Jaw, handing over command to Colonel Ron Walker. Col. O'Reilly was the 26th Wing Commander, and thanked everyone who helped him with the endeavor of commanding the 15 Wing, especially his wife Doris, and their seven children, Jessica, Joshua, Peter, Philip, Elizabeth, Sara, and Megan.

The new Wing Commander, Col. Walker, born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, has been serving in the Canadian forces since 1989, and has a Bachelors Degree in Computer Science, along with a Masters of Defence Studies at the RMC. He spoke about about his goals on expanding the training sectors of 15 Wing, without putting excess pressure on military personnel.

"Within the next year, we will get 7 civilian instructors, so that will expand by 7, I know that doesn't seem like much, but it will definitely help us increase crew with the training units. In the future, if we're going to go to the numbers I think we are, in about 5 years we're going to have to expand our cadre of people here, not only on the instructor pilot side, but also on the facility support, and support to maintenance side as well."

Col. Walker also went on to explain his vison for the future of 15 Wing, and how he hopes they will move forward under his command.

"The bus is still rolling down the highway, you can't stop the bus and change the wheels while the bus is still moving, so we need to be very careful about making drastic changes as we go forward. The one thing I do know is that we need to increase production somehow, so we're working on several different plans in Ottawa and Winnipeg to facilitate that, and that's essentially, we're looking at civilianizing some of the instructor cadre, and helping out with the military component, and that will help us across all the other RCAF units in Canada."

Brigadier General Mario Lablanc gave a comment on how he sees Col. Walker's new initiative, and how it looks to tie into the Canadian Airforce as a whole.

"Some of the initiative is really, continue to fly safely. You don't want to burn out the instructors, because we know this mission, we take it to heart, and we know the pilots have to go on to continue working in the military, so the mission is truly crucial for the Airforce to continue to deliver operational effectiveness and operational capabilities."

The changing of command ceremony occured on Friday, with a flyby and a inspection from the Leiutenant Governer of Saskatchewan, Russ Mirasty, and the reviewing officer, Brigadier General Mario Lablanc.