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| U.S. Air Force fires nine officers following nuclear test cheating probe | U.S. Air Force fires nine officers following nuclear test cheating probe |
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| The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday that it has fired nine mid-level officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., assigned to safeguard the nation’s nuclear arsenal following a wide-ranging probe into a test cheating scandal that implicated scores of airmen. | The U.S. Air Force announced Thursday that it has fired nine mid-level officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Mont., assigned to safeguard the nation’s nuclear arsenal following a wide-ranging probe into a test cheating scandal that implicated scores of airmen. |
| The officers were fired from their nuclear command jobs, but they are expected to continue to serve in other jobs. | |
| Dozens of junior officials will be disciplined as part of the military’s response to a scandal that has raised questions about one of the most sensitive but invisible missions in the military. | Dozens of junior officials will be disciplined as part of the military’s response to a scandal that has raised questions about one of the most sensitive but invisible missions in the military. |
| “We do have some systemic issues in our missile community,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told reporters Thursday afternoon at the Pentagon. | “We do have some systemic issues in our missile community,” Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James told reporters Thursday afternoon at the Pentagon. |
| Officials said Thursday that their investigation, which was sparked by suspected drug use by personnel handling intercontinental missiles, revealed that officers have been cheating as far back as November 2011. Missileers allegedly shared answers to job proficiency test answers by text message and by exchanging photographs of tests, officials said. | Officials said Thursday that their investigation, which was sparked by suspected drug use by personnel handling intercontinental missiles, revealed that officers have been cheating as far back as November 2011. Missileers allegedly shared answers to job proficiency test answers by text message and by exchanging photographs of tests, officials said. |