AFNWC vice commander pins on colonel
Lt. Col. Shad Colgate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center vice commander, was “frocked” to the rank of colonel at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, on Aug. 6, 2021. His wife, Valerie Colgate, affixes the new rank to his shirt Aug. 6, 2021, during a ceremony at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History in Albuquerque, New Mexico. His parents, Carol (far left) and Jerry Colgate, assisted with pinning the new rank to his uniform items. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ireland Summers)