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6:39 am
Fri May 17, 2013

JBSA Salutes As Fallen Airman Returned Home To Boerne

People came in Air Force buses and in their own vehicles, lining 36th Street leading to the gate at the Kelly Field Flight Line where the chartered plane landed with the remains of Capt. Mark Tyler Voss of Boerne.

Voss, who was assigned to the 93rd Aerial Refueling Wing, died in the crash of a KC-135 Stratotanker in Kyrgyzstan two weeks ago on May 3, but on Thursday he was returned home.

Capt. Casey Miller of the 318th Operation Support Squadron said his squadron was joined by the hundreds of other fellow officers and airmen from JBSA:

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Lackland Courts-Martial
3:35 pm
Tue April 30, 2013

Female Boot Camp Instructor Sentenced at Lackland

Credit Eileen Pace / TPR

Update: (May 2, 3:20 p.m.) Allen was sentenced to three months confinement, reduction to the grade of E-3 (Airman First Class) and hard labor without confinement for 30 days.

Allen's is the 18th completed courts-martial in the ongoing Lackland sex scandal involving military training instructors.

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Military Budget Cuts
9:10 am
Wed April 10, 2013

Sequestration Grounds Navy's Blue Angels For Rest Of 2013

Federal sequestration has claimed another community outreach program from the military as the Department of Defense has grounded the Blue Angels for the remainder of 2013.

Based in Pensacola, Fla., the Flight Demonstration Squadron was preparing for its next scheduled show in Corpus Christi this weekend when the Navy put out the word that shows for the rest of the year are canceled.

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Lackland Article 32 Hearing
9:07 am
Tue April 9, 2013

Lackland Begins Article 32 Hearing Against Another Military Training Instructor

Credit Eileen Pace / TPR
With no end in sight, the Lackland Air Force Base investigation continues with another Article 32 hearing.

An Article 32 evidentiary hearing is scheduled for this morning in the case against Senior Airman Christopher Oliver of the 324th Training Squadron.

The former military training instructor is charged with having unprofessional relationships with three basic trainees and a fourth woman who was a tech training student. Oliver also faces charges of sexual assault and sodomy against one of the trainees, as well as maltreatment of trainees, and obstruction of justice.

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