PORTALJABAR, DISTRICT. GARUT - Commander of the Rapid Action Force Command (Dankopasgat), Air Marshal TNI Yudi Bustami, visited the Haruman Jingga Aerosport Training Center located in Haruman Village, Kadungora District, Garut Regency, Tuesday (28/5/2024).

Dankopasgat said that he was happy to be able to visit Haruman Jingga, where since 2019 Haruman Jingga itself has been used for aerospace or aerosport activities.

He also thanked the local government for providing the opportunity for athletes to use the Haruman Jingga area as a training ground.

"Well, as a member of the Indonesian Air Force, I am always the Commander of Kopasgat, of course I am very happy that our members, who are also aerosport athletes, can take advantage of this area," he said.

According to Dankopasgat, Haruman Jingga is a good place, but outreach needs to be done so that this training ground can be utilized more optimally so that it is not only used by Garut area athletes, but also used by national athletes.

"Because in the future, according to information from regional government colleagues, the facilities will be better equipped until they are raised to national standards, so of course my hope is always that the Kopasgat Commander will be able to produce even higher quality national athletes," he said.

He hopes that athletes who train at Haruman Jingga can achieve even better achievements. Apart from that, he said that the Indonesian Air Force also pays attention to the achievements of aerosports athletes who are interested in serving themselves through the Indonesian Air Force.

"Maybe later here it will be related to aerospace sports, of course because it is very related to aerospace," he said.

Assistant for Government and People's Welfare (Pemkesra) of the Regional Secretariat of Garut Regency, Bambang Hafidz, revealed that in the future his party will provide facility support to Haruman Jingga, so that it can be used as a better training ground for aerosport athletes.

"And of course it is hoped that this will be a development for athletes as well as for tourism, and hopefully we hope that this will have an economic impact on the surrounding community which can be felt by the community," he said.

Meanwhile, the Head of the Garut Youth and Sports Service (Kadispora), Ade Hendarsyah, said that his party admitted that he was proud of the privileges that aerosport athletes can get to enter the military, especially in the air force, which can be obtained by aerosport athletes to be able to enter. into the military, especially the air force

"And hopefully this will provide motivation for other athletes from other sports that anyone can achieve," said Ade.

In the same place, the Chairman of the Garut Regency Indonesian National Sports Committee (KONI), Abdusy Syakur Amin, said that it was hoped that the existence of Haruman Jingga would attract the interest of the Garut people in aerospace sports and the military, especially the air force.

"Because we see that now the air force is increasingly important strategically in national defense," he concluded. (Diskominfo Garut/Fauziah)