USAFA recognizes newest majors, lt. cols. Published Sept. 14, 2009 U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Academy has one new major select and 30 new lieutenant colonel selects after the promotion results were released Sept. 10. The Academy topped the promotion percentages in each category for 2009. The largest gaps in the Academy percentage and Air Force percentages were a 10-point gap for promotions to major and a six-and-a-half point gap for promotions to lieutenant colonel. The Academy's newest major is: AIR BASE WING Tess Marcial The Academy's newest lieutenant colonels are: AIR BASE WING Phillip Born Michael Jacobson AIR OFFICER COMMANDING PROGRAM James Cunningham II COMMANDANT OF CADETS Gregory Christiansen William Dayton Lisa Franz Cheryl Ingber Michele Johnson Melissa May Michael May John Orchard Jr. Tracy Patterson David Pike Jeffrey Schreiner George Sebren Jr. Kathrine Winans Paul Wood James Yepez DEAN OF FACULTY William Barrington Douglas Bayley Leonard Cabrera Richard Christensen John Clune Thomas Joslyn Eric Moody Matthew Rodman August Rolling Matthew Sandelier PREP SCHOOL Amy Jardon 94TH FLYING TRAINING SQUADRON Christopher Kibble