Maj. Charles A. Ransom, a cyberspace Airman assigned to the 83rd Network Operations Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Va., was a captain who had been selected for the rank of major when he died April 27, 2011, at the Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan. Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley approved the posthumous promotion May 3. (Courtesy photo provided by the 83rd Network Operations Squadron)