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Female Air Force Training Instructor Gets Jail Time For Having Sex With Male Student

A female training instructor at a Texas Air Force base has been ordered to serve three months in jail after pleading guilty to having sex with a male student.

2013/05/03

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Another Lackland Trainer Convicted In Sex Scandal

Another Air Force basic training instructor in South Texas has been sentenced to prison in a sex scandal and will be booted out of the military.

2013/03/22

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Air Force Trainer Gets 4 Years For Raping Trainee

A military judge has sentenced an Air Force instructor to four years in prison for raping a female trainee at the South Texas base where he worked.

2013/03/17

Hagel, Top Pentagon Officials Reviewing ‘Travesty Of Justice’ Air Force Sexual Assault Case

A case involving an Air Force general who dismissed charges against a lieutenant colonel convicted of sexual assault will be reviewed at the top levels of the Pentagon, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said in a letter released Monday. But it’s seemed unlikely that the ruling would be changed.

2013/03/11

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Muslim USAF Veteran Prevented From Leaving Country

The director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Oklahoma chapter says a Muslim U.S. Air Force veteran has been barred from boarding a flight to Amsterdam.

2013/02/06

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Perry: Boy Scouts Should Keep No-Gay Policy

Texas Gov. Rick Perry said emphatically Saturday that the Boy Scouts of America shouldn’t soften its strict no-gays membership policy, and dismissed the idea of bending the organization to the whims of “popular culture.”

2013/02/02

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Air Force Institutes Reforms To Prevent Abuse Following Sex Scandal

The U.S. Air Force announced Wednesday that it is changing how it selects officers and instructors who train new recruits after a sex scandal at its training headquarters in which dozens of female recruits said they were improperly approached, sexually harassed or raped by male instructors.

2012/11/14

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Following Sex Scandal, Woman To Lead Air Force Training

The Air Force chose a woman Saturday to lead its basic training unit at a Texas base where dozens of female recruits have alleged they were sexually assaulted or harassed by male instructors within the past year.

2012/09/16