Air Force Academy has 135 new graduates

Air Force Academy has 135 new graduates

YOGYAKARTA (JP): A total of 135 graduates from the Air Force
Academy in Yogyakarta completed their three years of study on
Wednesday and took an oath as new Air Force officers.

Indonesian Air Force Chief of Staff Air Marshal Hanafie Asnan
led the ceremony and awarded the Adi Makayasa medal to the
outstanding graduate of 2000, I Gede Agus Tirta Santosa of the
Aeronautics Department.

With their graduation, study for the third grade cadets
officially ended.

The 135 new Air Force officers, together with the graduates of
the Military (Army) Academy, Navy Academy and Police Academy will
be officially inaugurated by President Abdurrahman Wahid in
Jakarta on Dec. 14.

The Air Force Academy's 2000 academic year had 149 third grade
cadets in three departments, namely the Departments of
Aeronautics, Electronics, and Industrial Management Engineering.

Only 135 passed the course. Nine cadets were returned to the
second grade class, while the remaining five failed to complete
the course, governor of the Air Force Academy Rear Marshal
Suprihadi said.

Speaking at the ceremony, Hanafie Asnan said that for the past
three consecutive years all of the graduating cadets had matured
into intelligent, perceptive, reliable and skillful persons.

"It's now time to show what you have got, and that these
characteristics have all blended within your identity as
Indonesian Air Force officers," Hanafie said.

Hanafie also reminded the new graduates of the four
requirements they had to fulfill in order to become good Air
Force officers.

"They must become tough soldiers with high leadership
capability, professionalism, and be willing to devote their lives
to their fields of duty." (swa)