Air Force reaches out to children

JAKARTA: The sky above the Indonesian Air Force's Halim Perdanakusuma air base in East Jakarta with be filled with fun on Sunday.

To commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Indonesian Military, which falls on Oct. 5, the Air Force will hold the Gebyar Dirgantara Halim, or Halim Airshow, in a bid to introduce the Air Force to elementary and junior high? students.

Children can join in a range of competitions, including story writing, drawing and kite designing.

The winners will receive Rp 1 million cash prizes, with runners up awarded models of the force's aircraft.

Glider teams from the Air Force and the Indonesian Aerosport Federation (FASI) will put on aerial demonstrations, and joy rides for top achievers will be highlights of the one-day event. -- Antara