26 first lieutenants tapped for promotion Published Sept. 4, 2009 By 18th Wing Public Affairs KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Twenty-six Kadena first lieutenants were selected for promotion to captain following the Air Force Personnel Center's quarterly selection process Sept. 5. Selected first lieutenants are: 18th Operations Group KIRSTIN GIPPER 909th Air Refueling Squadron JAMES BAKER MCLEAN BETHEA JOSEPH BISSON TRAVIS EPP JONATHAN FINK JUSTIN HAUFFE DAVID KILPATRICK CHRISTOPHER MORAN DATHAN SALGADO BRIAN SIKKEMA CHRISTOPHER SOMMERFIELD CHAD WINTERS 961st Airborne Air Control Squadron STEPHANIE BRADFORD SCOTT SLATER 33rd Rescue Squadron ANDREW FINK CHARLES NAPIER LOUIS NOLTING THOMAS STENGL RICHARD WELCH LUCAS WILL 44th Fighter Squadron NICHOLAS SZALA 718th Civil Engineer Squadron BRANDON HORII 18th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron MONICA LOMBARDO 18th Munitions Squadron BRIANA THOMAS 18th Aerospace Medicine Squadron ALISON HESTERMANN