103 Cadets Selected for AFCLC’s Language Enabled Airman Program

After a virtual selection board process this spring, the Air Force Culture and Language Center selected 103 Cadets for the Language Enabled Airman Program. Of the 103 Cadets selected, 67 were chosen from the United States Air Force Academy and 36 from Air Force Reserve Officers’ Training Corps in 21 languages.

Participation in LEAP is voluntary and highly competitive. To become a LEAP scholar, Airmen must demonstrate proficiency in a foreign language specified on the Air Force Strategic Language List, receive an endorsement from their unit commander, and compete via a board process. Selection to LEAP is based on applicants’ existing language proficiency, potential to achieve higher levels of language proficiency, and Air Force language requirements.

Below are the names of the 103 Cadets who are now members of LEAP. You can also watch our announcement video here.

Arabic-Modern Standard

Alali, Omar

Georgey, Kyrolos

Hydar, Bethany

Kahn, Jacob

Lotfi, Mohammad

Singles, Lauren

Yantis, Lucas

Armenian

Maljanian, Aram                

Chinese-Mandarin

Bai, Andy                            

Harbo, Gavin

Hawk, Griffith

Hughes, Hunter

Johnson, Anders

Little, Anna

Liu, Doreen

Manning, Catherine

Melching, Brian

Nascimento, Jonah

Nguyen, Benjamin

Ratcliff, Samuel

Rehman, Noora

Thatcher, Tyler

Tran, Katherine

Velte, Robert

Xiao, Xi

Dutch

Smith, Benjamin                

Finnish

Vahakyla, Kalle-Erik

French

Blazicko, Arianna

Buniowski, Andrzej

Castillo, Allison

Cheung, Zoe

Diallo, Fatoumata

Dobretsov, Timothy

Fujitani, Hunter

Ingersoll, Christian

Jung, Justin

Kappel, Jeremy

Kemper, Anna

Knutson, Garth

Leap, Grant

Lotivio, Kristof

Marien, Zachary

Mucklestone, Joseph

Parsons, Justin

Slone, Tristin

Swanson, Braeden

German

Agnew, Christopher

Arbanas, Emma

Geniza, Ian

McFarland, Linus

Root, Natalie

Hebrew

Fishler, Arielle

Hindi

Sharma, Chanakya

Indonesian

Schofield, Ethan

Italian

Sommers, Madison

Ublacker, Kyle

Japanese

Bakken, Catherine             

Black, Mary

Brunton, Alana

Cabazal, Micaelah

Chung, Benny

Cowie, Cleo

Seo, Kevin

Willmann, Reece

Yi, Patrick

Korean

Anderson, William

Bishop, Alexis

Kim, Sabrina

Lee, Chanyoung

Portuguese-Brazilian

Butler, Maria

Nesburg, Daniel

Reid, Nicholas

Portuguese-European

Boggs, Isabelle

Punjabi-Western

Pelia, Manmeet

Romanian

Hirjoi, Alexander

Russian

Barskiy, Daniel

Bogue, Lauren

Diamond, Katherine

Dollar, Landon

Hawthorne, Cameron

Holley, Trevor

Strong, James

Szybist, Christina

Wolf, Alma

Yeager, Kathryn

Spanish

Aguilar, Keyby

Amstutz, Mitchell

Boyle, Aidan

Elder, Graham

Gardiner, Aidan

Jewett, Mathew

Landy, James

Martinez-Riviere, Paulo

Muench, Austin

Pingree, George

Schwier, Alexandria

Stine, Caden

Trevino, Leanza

Vallejos, Jeremy

Tagalog

Cabrera, Chloe

Ukrainian

Ilchenko, Isabella

Potter, Benjamin

Tourashev, Daniil