President Trump is nominating a graduate of the Air Force Academy to head up the military branch.

If confirmed, Heather Wilson will become the first Air Force Academy graduate to become secretary of the Air Force.

“Heather Wilson is going to make an outstanding secretary of the Air Force. Her distinguished military service, high level of knowledge, and success in so many different fields give me great confidence that she will lead our nation’s Air Force with the greatest competence and integrity,” Trump said in a statement.

Wilson, a Republican who represented New Mexico from 1998 to 2009 in Congress, was in the third class to include women at the academy. She graduated in 1982.

Since 2013, she has been president of the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology.

“America and our vital national interested continue to be threatened,” Wilson, 56, said. “I will do my best, working with our men and women in the military to strengthen American air and space power to keep the country safe.”

Meanwhile, Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said he will vote to confirm Rex Tillerson for secretary of state, despite reservations.

“Given the uncertainty that exists both at home and abroad about the direction of our foreign policy, it would be against our national interests to have this confirmation unnecessarily delayed or embroiled in controversy,” Rubio said in a statement posted to his Facebook page.

“Therefore, despite my reservations, I will support Mr. Tillerson’s nomination in committee and in the full Senate.”

Rubio, who had a testy exchange with the former Exxon Mobil CEO during confirmation hearings in the Senate Foreign Relations committee earlier this month.

The news comes as Sens. John McCain and Lindsey Graham both said Sunday they would vote to confirm Tillerson.