Nine Air Force nuclear commanders relieved of their duties after massive cheating scandal

As many as 91 members of missile launch crews either cheated on proficiency tests or knew about the cheating and did nothing about it
BY Joseph Straw
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Published: Thursday, March 27, 2014, 3:15 PM
Updated: Friday, March 28, 2014, 10:02 AM

WASHINGTON - The Air Force has yanked nine nuclear missile commanders from their jobs after as many as 91 missile launch crew members were implicated in a cheating scandal on proficiency tests ...

The scandal at the Montana base, which is responsible for maintaining and operating 150 nuclear-armed missiles, involved launch-crew members who cheated on proficiency tests or knew about cheating and did nothing about it.

hose crew members face punishment ranging from mild "letters of counsel" to criminal courts martial, said Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, head of the Air Force Global Strike Command ...

The nine commanders were pulled from their posts not because they were involved in the cheating, but because the wrongdoing was widespread and they did not know about it ...

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