Focus Taiwan
Date: 2019/06/02
By: Matt Yu and Elizabeth Hsu

Image from Liu Hsin-hsueh’s Facebook page

Taipei, June 2 (CNA) The Taiwanese graduate who waved a Republic of China flag at the May 30 commencement ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA) is one step closer to his dream of becoming an F-16 pilot.

Liu Hsin-hsueh (劉欣學), the only Taiwanese among 991 graduates from the U.S. and 10 foreign nations in the USAFA Class of 2019, will be conferred with the rank of second lieutenant after his return to become an Air Force officer and begin his training as a pilot, according to military sources.

The cadet, who will also graduate from Taiwan’s Air Force Academy in late June, will start training with a T-34 Mentor and a AT-3 advanced jet trainer before his training with one of the nation’s three on-duty jet fighters, F-16s, Mirage 2000s and IDFs, the sources said Sunday.

“Flying a jet fighter” was Liu’s dream when he was a high school student in Taichung, one of his teachers recalled.    [FULL  STORY]