Change of leadership coming to 2nd Air Force Published April 30, 2009 By Susan Griggs 81st Training Wing Public Affairs KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, MISS. -- Leadership changes hands at 2nd Air Force this summer. Brig. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog comes to Keesler from the Pentagon to lead 2nd Air Force, while Maj. Gen. Alfred Flowers heads to Washington to become the deputy assistant secretary for budget in the office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Manage-ment and Comptroller. General Hertog, director of security forces at Air Force headquarters, is a career security forces officer who's worked at unit, major command and Air Staff level. She's commanded several security forces units, a technical training group and the 37th Training Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. General Hertog entered the Air Force in 1978 as an ROTC distinguished graduate at Miami University, Ohio, and earned a master's degree from Webster University, Mo. She attended Squadron Officer School, Air Command and Staff College and Air War College, all at Maxwell AFB, Ala. As 2nd Air Force's commander, General Flowers is responsible for the development, oversight and direction of all operational aspects of basic military training, initial skills training and advanced technical training for Air Force enlisted force and support officers. His command includes training wings at Keesler; Lackland, Sheppard and Goodfellow AFBs, Texas; a training group at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., and 92 field training units. Second Air Force also oversees Airmen throughout the joint expeditionary training and individual augmentee pipeline training at Army training sites and provides a 24/7 operations center for pre- and post-deployment support. General Flowers received his commission after earning a bachelor's degree from Southern Illinois University and a master's degree from Ball State University, Ind. He's served as a budget officer at squadron, major command and Air Staff levels. Before arriving at Keesler, he commanded the Air Force Officer Accession and Training Schools at Maxwell. Details about the change of command ceremony will be announced at a later date.