Students earn Distinguished Graduate recognition Published July 25, 2013 By 377th Air Base Wing Public Affairs KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. -- Congratulations to Kirtland's Tech. Sgt. Joseph Cook and Tech. Sgt. Chi Pang Cheung, who were recently recognized as Distinguished Graduates from the Gaylor NCO Academy at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Cook, Headquarters Air Force, and Cheung, 377th Comptroller Squadron, were two of just 21 DGs out of 219 graduates.