May 17, 2016 9 AETF-L: Kindsvater assumes command from Gersten The 386th Air Expeditionary Wing hosted a change of command ceremony for the 9th Air Expeditionary Task Force-Levant at an undisclosed location May 16, 2016, where Maj. Gen. Scott Kindsvater assumed command from Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten.Kindsvater is deployed from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina,