Academic achiever
MCGHEE TYSON AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, Tenn. – U.S. Air National Guard Senior Airman Victor Popescu, from Ohio, is called to the stage for earning the Academic Achievement Award for Airman Leadership School. Popescu graduated with others from his ALS class as well as Noncommissioned Officer Academy graduates May 23, 2013, from the Paul H. Lankford Enlisted Professional Military Education Center. Their ceremony featured guest speaker Chief Master Sgt. Richard A. "Andy" Kaiser, command chief of U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Master Sgt. Mike R. Smith/Released)