Marysue Ransom listens to an 83d Network Operations Squadron mission briefing in the Ransom Room at Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, April 27, 2026. The briefing highlighted how the unit operates today and remembers the legacy of her son, Maj. Charles Ransom, one of the nine Air Force members killed in action at Kabul International Airport, Afghanistan, April 27, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tambri Cason)