M’sian cadet chosen for US Air Force academy


Incredible accomplishment: Akmal posing with his certificate during the send-off ceremony in Kuala Lumpur. — LOW LAY PHON/The Star

KUALA LUMPUR: Cadet Akmal Musyrif Mohd Shariff is the sole Malaysian admitted to train with the United States Air Force Academy this year.

The 20-year-old from the National Defence University of Malaysia is among 15 international cadets from 45 countries chosen to head to the academy based in Colorado Springs where he will spend four years doing a degree in physics.

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