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Col. Joseph Roth, Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta director and Space Systems Command, Detachment one commander, speaks during the Prototype Ground Development and Sustainment Branch change of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2023. During the ceremony, Maj. Jessica Heffner, outgoing SZIX director of operations, relinquished leadership to Lt. Col. Melissa Sawyer, incoming SZIX director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karissa Dick.)

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Col. Joseph Roth, Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta director and Space Systems Command, Detachment one commander, passes the guidon to Lt. Col. Melissa Sawyer, incoming Prototype Ground Development and Sustainment Branch director of operations, during a change of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2023. Sawyer received leadership from Maj. Jessica Heffner, outgoing SZIX director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karissa Dick.)

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Col. Joseph Roth, Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta director and Space Systems Command, Detachment one commander, receives the guidon from Maj. Jessica Heffner, outgoing Prototype Ground Development and Sustainment Branch director of operations, during a change of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2023. Heffner relinquished leadership to Lt. Col. Melissa Sawyer, incoming SZIX director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karissa Dick.)

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Lt. Col. Melissa Sawyer, incoming Prototype Ground Development and Sustainment Branch director of operations, speaks during a change of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2023. Sawyer entered the U.S. Air Force in 2008 and has served in a variety of engineering, program management, and staff roles. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karissa Dick.)

Space Systems Command SZIX welcomes Lt. Col. Sawyer

Published Oct. 31, 2023
By Senior Airman Karissa Dick
377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Col. Joseph Roth, Innovation and Prototyping Acquisition Delta director and Space Systems Command, Detachment one commander, speaks during the Prototype Ground Development and Sustainment Branch change of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 30, 2023. During the ceremony, Maj. Jessica Heffner, outgoing SZIX director of operations, relinquished leadership to Lt. Col. Melissa Sawyer, incoming SZIX director of operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Karissa Dick.)