She is the Air National Guard assistant to the commander of Air Education and Training Command and now Maj. Gen. LaRita Aragon. Aragon, who was the first woman to reach star rank in the Oklahoma ANG, received her second star on Dec. 22 at the state capitol, reports the Shawnee News-Star.
The Air Force hit its goal of recruiting 32,750 Active-Duty enlisted Airmen in fiscal 2026 five months early, leaders said this week—already the biggest such number the service has reached in more than two decades.