Alliah Bourne highly recommends Air Force Academy as graduation option

  • Courtesy Photo Alliah Bourne is shown here with her class ring at the end of her junior year at the Air Force Academy.
    Courtesy Photo Alliah Bourne is shown here with her class ring at the end of her junior year at the Air Force Academy.
  • Courtesy Photo Alliah Bourne with a big smile after completing a solo jump from an airplane, one of the many experiences she’s had at the Air Force Academy in Colo.
    Courtesy Photo Alliah Bourne with a big smile after completing a solo jump from an airplane, one of the many experiences she’s had at the Air Force Academy in Colo.

    By Heidi Beguin Alliah Bourne didn’t know what she was going to do after graduating from Gordon-Rushville High School in 2021. She did know that she wanted a degree and didn’t want to have to pay for college. After doing some investigating she decided that going to the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo. was the right path. “I felt like it’d be more fulfilling to go serve. I feel my versi…