Airmen participate in a new Air Force Language Enabled Airmen, or LEAP, course that focuses on translating agile combat employment, or ACE, concepts to foreign allies. Photo courtesy of the Air Force Culture and Language Center. For the concept to work, the Air Force can’t afford to become tongue-tied when working with host-nation allies, said Howard Ward, director of the Culture and Language Center. Photo courtesy of the Air Force Culture and Language Center. Going forward, Air Force personnel specialists should be able to easily locate LEAP-ACE graduates if the need arises,” Ward said.