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Show New commander atHillAFB and earned 10 awards and medals, including the 13th Air Force "Well Done Award" for saving his crew . and aircraft after a severe in-flight emergency. HILL AFB -- Members of the 6545th Test Group here recently welcomed a new commander and said goodbye to their retiring commander com-mander and their deputy commander. com-mander. COL. GLENN E. Messerli assumed command of the group from Col. John W. Hesterman, Jr., who retired from active Air Force duty. Deputy Commander. Col. Herbert Klein, left the group for an assignment at Brooks AFB, Tex., where he will be the base commander. com-mander. As the new commander, Messerli Messer-li comes to the group from Arnold AFS, Tenn., where he was commander com-mander of the 4960th Air Base Squadron. A NATIVE of Alhambra, 111., he graduated from Highland Hich School, Highland, 111., in I960. He earned a bachelor of arts degree in psychology and business from Mil-likin Mil-likin University, Decatur, 111., and went on to earn a master of science degree in systems management from the University of Southern California. In November 1967, the squadron was sent to Thailand where he logged log-ged 1,065 hours of combat flying |