As part of the Transfer of Authority ceremony held today to recognize the realignment of the Civil Air Patrol-U.S. Air Force – or CAP-USAF – from Air Education and Training Command to Air Combat Command, Lt. Gen. William Etter, commander of Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) did a symbolic “patch swap” replacing the Air Education and Training Command and Air University patches for the new ACC and 1 AF patches on the uniform of CAP-USAF commander, Col. Mike Tynismaa.