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By Rodney Jaleco, ABS-CBN North America News Bureau

COLORADO - Growing up in the fringes of the Dipolog city airport, Theodore Karl Quijano was bitten early by the lure of flight and that has taken him all the way to Colorado, where he graduates next week from the US Air Force Academy.

With the cost of college proving too much of a burden on his family, Quijano decided to apply at the Philippine Military Academy in Baguio City, and later saw the opportunity to fulfill his childhood dream by competing for a slot in the USAFA.

&#;I grew up right next to the airport,&#; he revealed.

&#;I saw planes land and take off every day and the sight made me dream to be able to fly those aircraft one day.&#;

He not only learned to fly, he soared in the Academy, achieving feats that should make Filipinos proud &#; he was given command of Cadet Squadron 10 last Fall after being assigned as Cadet Wing Chief of Standardization and Evaluation, said to be one of the highest positions in the Aca