EACH time TNI Marshal Chappy Hakim has a birthday, he actually celebrates the birth of flying. He was born in Yogyakarta on December 17, 1947. That same day in 1903, far away in the United States, Wilbur and Orville Wright flew their aircraft for the first time, signaling the start of an era in which man would conquer space.

Today, Chappy Hakim has reached the career peak of an Air Force soldier: the position of chief of staff. "Some peop