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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander presents his wife with flowers after he took command during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. The 563 EWS serves as a software development training arm, enabling others with best practices and techniques to secure electromagnetic spectrum superiority (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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Audience members listen to a speech by U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, after he took command during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. The 563 EWS serves as a software development training arm, enabling others with best practices and techniques to secure electromagnetic spectrum superiority (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, smiles after taking command of the squadron during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. The 563 EWS serves as a software development training arm, enabling others with best practices and techniques to secure electromagnetic spectrum superiority (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Finkler, 850th Spectrum Warfare Group commander, left, passes the guidon to U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, right, during the 563 EWS change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 26. 2025. This is the unit’s second change of command since reactivating in 2024 as a software development unit under the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander, gives his remarks after taking command during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. This is the unit’s second change of command since reactivating in 2024 as a software development unit under the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Finkler, 850th Spectrum Warfare Group commander, left, takes the unit guidon back from U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Friesz, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron outgoing commander, right, during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. Friesz served as the unit’s first commander after reactivating it to serve as the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing’s software development squadron in 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Finkler, 850th Spectrum Warfare Group commander, left, presents U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Charles Friesz, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron outgoing commander, right, with a Meritorious Service Medal for his leadership as the unit commander during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. Friesz served as the unit’s first commander after reactivating it to serve as the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing’s software development squadron in 2024. (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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U.S. Air Force Col. Andrew Finkler, 850th Spectrum Warfare Group commander, gives opening remarks during the 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 27, 2025. The 563 EWS serves as a software development training arm, enabling others with best practices and techniques to secure electromagnetic spectrum superiority (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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563d Electronic Warfare Squadron change of command

Published June 30, 2025
By Capt. Benjamin Aronson
350th Spectrum Warfare Wing Public Affairs

SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Adrian De Freitas, 563d Electronic Warfare Squadron commander presents his wife with flowers after he took command during a change of command ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, June 30, 2025. The 563 EWS serves as a software development training arm, enabling others with best practices and techniques to secure electromagnetic spectrum superiority (U.S. Air Force photo by Capt. Benjamin Aronson)

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