Buddhist hall opens at academy chapel

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Air Force cadets who practice Buddhism now have a place of their own to gather under the aluminum spires of the academy’s famed chapel.</p>

<p>The 300-square foot Vast Refuge Dharma Hall in the chapel’s basement opened Monday, with about two dozen people gathering to chant to the beat of a drum.</p>

<p>The academy has 26 cadets who practice Buddhism, up from 16 earlier this year…

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