Jan. 23 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday nominated Heather Wilson, an Air Force Academy graduate and former U.S. congresswoman, to serve as secretary of the Air Force.
Wilson has been president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology since 2013. She was a member of the U.S. House representing New Mexico's 1st district from 1998 until 2009. She unsuccessfully ran for the Senate in 2008.