Sunburst Youth Challenge Academy Class 30 Cadet Ricky Jaurequi, left, looks inside a Air Force F-16 as Maj. Bobby Gulla, maintenance officer Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, explains the instruments and switches inside fighter jet’s cockpit during an outreach event, Sept. 30, 2022, at Los Alamitos Army Airfield on Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Sunburst is a National Guard Youth Challenge Program located on the base and facilitated by the California Military Department’s Task Force Torch youth and community programs directorate. Living an

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Sunburst Youth Challenge Academy Class 30 Cadet Ricky Jaurequi, left, looks inside a Air Force F-16 as Maj. Bobby Gulla, maintenance officer Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, explains the instruments and switches inside fighter jet’s cockpit during an outreach event, Sept. 30, 2022, at Los Alamitos Army Airfield on Joint Forces Training Base, Los Alamitos, California. Sunburst is a National Guard Youth Challenge Program located on the base and facilitated by the California Military Department’s Task Force Torch youth and community programs directorate. Living and going to school on the installation affords cadets opportunities to interact with service members daily and when the base supports visiting military units and special events such as the Pacific Airshow.

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