Fabiola Gordo, an Air Force Junior ROTC cadet at Eustis High School, has received a scholarship to attend Embry Riddle University to participate in a Private Pilot Certificate training program in the summer of 2022.
Cadet Gordo is one of 200 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets around the world to receive the scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC, Maxwell Air Force Base, Montgomery, AL. More than 1,300 cadets applied for one of the 200 highly competitive scholarships. There are almost 120,000 high school students enrolled in Air Force Junior ROTC programs at approximately 870 high schools in the U.S. and overseas. The scholarship covers transportation, room and board, academics and flight hours required to potentially earn a Private Pilot Certificate. The scholarship is valued at approximately $22,500.
The Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy Scholarship Program is an Air Force-level initiative in collaboration with the commercial aviation industry to address the national civilian and military pilot shortage. The Flight Academy allows aspiring young aviators to get their Private Pilot’s Certification at no cost during an eight-week summer course at partner universities. Those who participate in the program will earn college credit, but do not incur a military commitment to the Air Force or other branch of the service, nor does completing the program guarantee acceptance into one of the military’s commissioning programs.
The mission of Air Force Junior ROTC is to develop citizens of character dedicated to serving their nation and community, while instilling values of citizenship, service to the United States, personal responsibility and sense of accomplishment.
For more information, contact AFJROTC Public Affairs at Christian.Hodge.1@us.af.mil .
