New chief at Air Force academy

YOGYAKARTA (JP): Air Force Chief of Staff Marshal Sutria Tubagus installed yesterday Rear Marshal Cheppy Hakim as governor of the Air Force's Academy.

Cheppy, from the academy's class of 1971, replaced Rear Marshal Gandhy Natasupadma who has been appointed to represent the Armed Forces faction at the House of Representatives.

Born in Yogyakarta in 1947, Cheppy's previous posts include a chief of Squadron 31 in Jakarta, chief of the academy's Flyer Cadets, chief of Sulaiman Air Base in Bandung, and operation and training director of the Air Force's Headquarters in Jakarta.

He attended the Aircraft Development Course in Cranefield Institute of Technology, England, and the Observers Training Course in the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado. (23/10)