Air Force Col. Richard A. Erredge, a 1990 Austin High School graduate, is one of 16 individuals recognized this year in the Air Force Reserve Program “Profiles in Leadership” for leading change as the director of future operations and integration at Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center, Buckley Air Force Base, Colo.

A profile display about Erredge will hang in the Pentagon as part of the Air Force Reserve’s annual highlighting of it’s contribution to the Air Force mission.

This year the emphasis is on leadership. Erredge has served in the military for 23 years. He is the son of Richard J. Erredge of Austin, Minn., grandson of Don Ramstad of Zumbrota, Minn., and  Robert Erredge of Zumbrota, Minn., and son-in-law of Bernie May of Farmington, Minn.

He is a 1990 graduate of Austin High School, Austin, Minn. He earned a master’s degree in 2015 from National Defense University, Washington, District of Columbia.