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Faith Harris has been selected to participate in flight academy in Alabama in the summer and will have the chance to earn her pilots certificate.

Christopher Alexander Ballinger is arising as one of the youngest Black pilots in the nation thanks to the Air Force Junior ROTC flight academy program.

Retired Senior Master Sgt. David Weissgerber will be retiring after 35-year career as an AFJROTC instructor, plus 23 years active duty military.

Aryanna Romero and Brendan Buckles received $180,000 Naval ROTC scholarships.

This weeks list of good news includes students graduating and winning scholarships. Send items to calendar@starbanner.com.

Madeline Todd has received a scholarship to attend Purdue University to participate in a private pilot license training program this summer

At the age of 16, most teenagers are worried about getting their driver’s license. However, 16-year-old James Cook of Peoria is taking it a step further and is on his way to becoming a licensed pilot.  Cook, a Liberty High School junior and a member of Cactus High School’s Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC), was granted a scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. This scholarship will allow Cook to...

Andrew Jackson HS JROTC drill team to be featured in inauguration parade Updated:  Tags:  JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration marks a major milestone for Andrew Jackson High School in Jacksonville’s Brentwood neighborhood. The school’s Air Force Junior ROTC drill team was selected to take part in the inauguration’s “Parade Across America”. The parade is virtual. I must say, these young ladies were so sweet and focused. Here’s a little preview ;).@wjxt4pi...

Reply These cadets are five of 230 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets around the world to receive the scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. (Lincoln-Way D210) These cadets are five of 230 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets around the world to receive the scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base in Montgomery, Alabama. (Lincoln-Way D210) These cadets are five of 230 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets around the world ...

Submitted photo Both Cadet Commanders from the 2019-2020 school year, McCain Griffith and Weatherly Reeves hold then guidon that displays the Distinguished Unit ribbon. Submitted photo MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, AL. – Unit NC-811 at North Surry High School has been selected as one of 387 units to receive the 2019-2020 Air Force Junior ROTC Distinguished Unit Award. This award recognizes Air Force JROTC units that have performed well above and beyond normal expectations, and that have distinguish...