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Cadet First Class Joseph Abakunda, a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, is scheduled to graduate in 2014 and become an officer in the Rwandan Air Force. As part of his professional and academic development, he spent a month with AFRICOM learning about the organization, missions and programs of the command. (June 28, 2013, Stuttgart, Germany; Photo by Brenda Law, Public Affairs Specialist, U.S. Africa Command)

Article | How genocide inspired a young man to pursue a career in the Rwandan Air Force, by way of the U.S. Air Force Academy

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July 10, 2013

“I always wanted to be in the military, ever since I grasped the depth of the genocide,“ said Cadet First Class Joseph Abakunda, a Rwandan international cadet at the United States Air Force Academy when asked how he came to be in Colorado Springs,