A Change of Command Ceremony for the Arizona Wing of the Civil Air Patrol (CAP) took place Saturday in the CAP's hanger at Glendale Municipal Airport.

Colonel Brian Ready, left and Colonel John Eggen. (Photo by Kim Stevens)
Colonel John M. Eggen relinquished command to Colonel (Select) Brian N. Ready, who served as Vice Commander since January of 2010. Ready will wear the insignia of Colonel, but it will not be made permanent until the end of his service as Wing Commander. Colonel Ready is a qualified Check Pilot and Emergency Service Incident Commander and earned a Bachelor of Science in Aeronautical Engineering Technology from Arizona State University. See expanded coverage in the next issue of the Arizona Aviation Journal magazine later this month.