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Article: EDWARDS ROCKET LAB CEREMONY MARKS COMMAND CHANGE.(News)
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- Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
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- August 3, 2001
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Byline: Jim Skeen Staff Writer
EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE - Lt. Col. Joseph Boyle, who began his Air Force career 22 years ago at the rocket laboratory at Edwards, returned to his old stomping grounds Thursday, this time to take the reins as commander.
Boyle took command from Col. Wesley Cox, who retired from the Air Force after 23 years. Boyle and Cox were honored in a ceremony before a couple hundred guests.
``It's a dream come true,'' Boyle said after the ceremony. ``This organization is world class. I'm talking close to Nobel laureate kinds of guys and gals here.''
Cox, the commander at the rocket laboratory since June 1998, said ...