Air Force names best commander, spouse team Published Sept. 22, 2003 BOLLING AIR FORCE BASE, D.C. (AFPN) -- The Air Force’s best wing commander and spouse team was recently named by Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.The 2003 recipients of the General and Mrs. Jerome F. O’Malley award are Col. William A. Chambers, 11th Wing commander here, and his spouse, Bonnie.“My wife and I are truly grateful to be selected for this award,” said Chambers. “To even be associated with the legacy of General and Mrs. O’Malley is a tremendous honor.”O'Malley was a Tactical Air Command commander in the early 1980s. He and his wife, Diane, both perished in an aircraft accident April 21, 1985.According to the award citation, Chambers and his wife, who have been stationed here since November 2001, have spent countless hours finding and implementing ways to improve readiness and quality of life for the more than 16,000 military and civilian people who live and work here.Their vision and drive helped transform the wing into an air expeditionary force for the first time, according to the citation. Since AEFs became a mainstay here, more than 150 wing members have been deployed throughout the world.Throughout his tenure as commander, Chambers has maintained a resolute focus on the mission of the 11th Wing to provide the Air Force with “wartime readiness and wartime customer support.”Mrs. Chambers led the effort to develop and begin a symposium on readiness for the spouses of 11th Wing commanders and directors, enabling them to prepare spouses when unit troops deployed.“Bonnie and I are sincerely grateful for the tremendous support of the Air Force’s leadership, and we’re humbled to be serving with the great airmen of the 11th Wing,” Chambers said.“The honor is really the result of the professionalism and teamwork of every member of ‘The Chief’s Own’-- airmen, [noncommissioned officers], officers, civilians, volunteers and family members -- who took up the calling to be part of the larger Air Force focus on readiness.”Married for 25 years, the Chambers have four children, ages 15 to 21.The colonel and his wife will be presented the award by Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. John P. Jumper during a Pentagon ceremony later this year.