Muckerheide assumes command of EW Published July 17, 2012 By 412th Test Wing Public Affairs EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, Calif. -- Col. Kevin Muckerheide, 412th Electronic Warfare Group commander, speaks to his new command and base leadership inside the Benefield Anechoic Facility July 16. Muckerheide comes to the High Desert from the Electronic Systems Center at Hanscom, Air Force Base, Mass. He took over from Col. Russell Kurtz who heads to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio.