McMinnville native Jon Flanders was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the United States Air Force Reserves at a ceremony at Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Ala., on Saturday, Sept. 8. The presiding officer was Lt. Col. Vanessa Dornhoefer, Commander of the 25th Aerial Port Squadron. The ceremony was narrated by Capt. Scott Autry and the invocation was given by Chaplain (Major) Danforth.