Students from Maricopa High School attended the renaming ceremony for an Arizona Air National Guard base in December.
The former Phoenix Sky Harbor Air National Guard Base is now Goldwater Air National Guard Base to honor the late Arizona senator and presidential candidate Barry Goldwater. The ceremony was Dec. 9.
Cadets from the MHS Air Force Junior ROTC program attended, hearing from Gov. Doug Ducey, Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton and Barry Goldwater Jr.
Instructor Lt. Col. Allen Kirksey (ret.) called it “an awesome experience.”
The next Curriculum in Action (CIA) trip for the cadets will be a tour of Luke Air Force Base Jan. 19.
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