Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley approved the posthumous promotion of Capt. Charles A. Ransom, a cyberspace Airman assigned to the 83rd Network Operations Squadron, located at Langley Air Force Base, Va., to the rank of major May 3.
Maj. Ransom was killed by enemy gunfire at the headquarters building on an Afghan air force compound in Kabul, Afghanistan April 27. He was selected for major by the CY09C Major Central Selection Board and was qualified for appointment to major at the time of his death.
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