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Language Enabled Airman Program opens to select Air National Guard AFSCs
October 30, 2024 — The Air Force Culture and Language Center has announced that the Language Enabled Airman Program, or LEAP, has been authorized by the Department of the Air Force Senior Language Authority in partnership with the Commander Air National Guard Readiness Center to board and select Air National Guard members in specific AFSCs into the program. Specifically, 14N Officers and 1A8X2/1NX Enlisted members (excluding 1N3) may apply directly to LEAP during the application window of Nov. 11, 2024, through Jan. 13, 2025... MORE

Lt. Gen. Carlos Chavez, the Peruvian Air Force Chief of Staff, second from left, asks about the capabilities of a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter at Shepherd Field, Martinsburg, West Virginia, June 6, 2023. Engagements such as this have been enabled through a long-standing partnership between the West Virginia National Guard and the Air Force Culture and Language Center that has connected Language Enabled Airman Program Scholars as interpreters for mobile training events. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Emily Beightol-Deyerle)

LEAP Scholars help solidify and strengthen American partnership with Mexican Air Force
June 24, 2024 — When Mexico wanted to start a security forces career field in its air force, it looked at several countries to assist them. The presence of Language Enabled Airman Program scholars, who have backgrounds in security forces, was a big factor in Mexico choosing to partner with the U.S. Air Force... MORE

LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Staff Sgt. Edgar Bravo, a LEAP Scholar Inter-American Air Forces Academy Instructor, shows a Mexican delegation the use of a virtual reality simulator. This allows users to simulate being at a specific air base of their selection and practice all the techniques to defend and protect their resources.