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Cadet Wing gets new cadet commander

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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. --  Cadet 1st Class Sophia Vasiliadis took command of the Cadet Wing here Jan. 6 in a ceremony led by Commandant of Cadets Brig. Gen. Stephen Williams and attended by most of the 4000-member Cadet Wing.

As the top cadet, Vasiliadis carries the Cadet Wing Gold Sabre, continuing the longstanding Academy tradition of the senior cadet carrying a gold sabre at ceremonial events.

"(Academy) graduates and officers tell me you don't normally get the opportunity for command until much later in your career," Vasiliadis said. "Hopefully, if I get the opportunity to command in the future when I'm on active duty, I'll bring a little more experience to the position and be a better leader."

With the change occurring on the first day of the new semester came a shuffling of other leadership positions in the Cadet Wing. Cadet 1st Class Josiah Cline is now the wing's deputy commander and Cadet 1st Class Kayla Vildosola is its director of operations.

Vasiliadis, an operations research major, is scheduled to graduate May 28 and report to Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, for pilot training. She hails from Great Falls, Va., and is a 2011 graduate of Langley High School.

Cadet 1st Class Jake Sortor was the Cadet Wing's previous commander.