Parkway West Career and Technology Center on Steubenville Pike in Oakdale  is the newest location of the Community College of Beaver County’s Aviation Sciences Academy.  Beaver County Radio News Correspondent Sandy Giordano was at yesterday’s  ribbon cutting ceremony with officials from both school’s participating. Retired Air Force Colonel Bill Pinter, is the director of the  Aviation Sciences Center. He was hired as the school’s dean of Aviation Sciences 3/3/2014.  The academy began at the site 1/2015 next to the Beaver County Airport, Chippewa Township as a dual enrollment program between local  high schools and the college.. Pinter said that  the program is a success, and   12 Allegheny County high schools are participating s.tudents spend 1/2 a day at their home schools, the  other portion  at CCBC;s Aviation Sciences Academy. The new facility is located in a building that  was used for another program previously, and has been decorated with aviation logos and photos. Currently, 38  students are enrolled  at the new academy, and 95 at the Chippewa facility  Pinter said 39 schools are participating in the program.  If they spend 2 years in the program, they can earn almost 1/2 of an associate degree, and complete one year of college by the  time they graduate high school. Pinter said he loves teaching, he’s an  Air Force vet, and retired as a full “Bird Colonel” He flew a F15E Strike Eagle in the Air Force, and a photo is on the wall of the center.