ALBUQUERQUE – Air Force Airman Thomas J. Sheffer has arrived for duty at Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque, N.M.

Sheffer has served in the military for less than one year.

He is the son of Julie C. Sheffer of Middletown, Calif., and Scott A. Sheffer of Hidden Valley, Calif.

The airman is a 2007 graduate of Middletown High School.