Laughlin captains selected for promotion Published Dec. 13, 2007 By Senior Airman Olufemi Owolabi 47th Flying Training Wing Public Affairs LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Several Laughlin captains will soon trade in their silver bars for a gold oak leaf. Twenty-six captains based here were notified Dec. 11 of their selection to major. In the Air Force as a whole, 2,535 captains were selected from a group of more than 3,000 for promotion. The following Laughlin captains were selected for promotion: 47th Flying Training Wing staff Christopher Lovegren Patrick O'Rourke David Reichert Scott Wehrle 47th Operations Group Jason Holcomb Valery Lemaire William Wimsatt 47th Operations Support Squadron Douglas Hall Denis Paquette 84th Flying Training Squadron Spencer Burkhalter Thomas Doherty Ian Ramage Jose Sarduy Damon Sevier Christopher Shandersky Jason Smith 85 FTS Shanon Anderson Matthew Van Hook 86 FTS Arthur Alcantara, Kurt Fife Justin Gray Donald McCallie James Muniz Bill Tice Billy Upshaw 87 FTS Jennifer Kabat The complete select list is available on the Air Force Personnel Center public Web site.