Col. Otis Jones takes command of Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing

by Leon Cook of Stars and Stripes

Col. Otis Jones, one of the greatest players in Air Force men's basketball history, took command of Yokota Air Base and the 3,500-strong 374th Airlift Wing from Col. Kenneth "Bull" Moss during a hangar ceremony on Friday, July 20, 2018.

Jones, the wing's 44th commander, comes to his first assignment in Japan from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., where he led the 19th Operations Group. He has more than 3,000 flying hours in T-37, T-44, C-130, and C-17 aircraft, according to his official biography. He is also the second-highest scorer in Air Force Academy basketball history, with 2,003 career points, and was a finalist for the 1995 Naismith College Player of the Year award.

"I'm going to give you everything I've got," Jones told a formation of airmen sweltering in the hangar on a hot summer's day. "I pledge my very best in supporting you and leading from the front."

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Col. Otis Jones takes command of Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing

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