Academy to court-martial cadet in rape case

July 3, 2003

By Patrick O'Driscoll, USA TODAY
AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. — A sophomore at the Air Force Academy will be the first cadet court-martialed on rape charges since a sex-assault scandal erupted here five months ago.

Court martial ordered for Air Force Academy cadet in sex assault

July 2, 2003

By JON SARCHE

Associated Press Writer

DENVER (AP) - A sophomore at the Air Force Academy will be court-martialed on charges accusing him of raping a female cadet after a night of drinking, academy officials said Wednesday.

Fort Hood sergeant faces Iraq court-martial on murder charge

July 1, 2003

By Steven Kreytak and Kate Alexander
AMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF

Sgt. Oscar Nelson was ordered last week to face a general court-martial on a charge of unpremeditated murder. He is accused of driving a Humvee erratically and too fast in the dark on May 21, causing the vehicle to crash and killing Spc. Nathaniel Caldwell Jr., 27, according to a statement from the 4th Infantry Division Mechanized, based at Fort Hood.

Pilot who bombed Canadians faces trial

1 July 2003

DOUG SIMPSON
Associated Press

NEW ORLEANS - A fighter pilot who accidentally bombed Canadian soldiers in Afghanistan last year, killing four, will be tried for dereliction of duty after the Air Force set aside manslaughter and assault charges.

Inside the Ring

Washington Times
By Bill Gertz and Rowan Scarborough

Charges reduced against friendly-fire pilot

July 1, 2003

By COLIN FREEZE
From Tuesday's Globe and Mail

The U.S. fighter pilot who bombed and killed Canadian soldiers will not face involuntary-manslaughter and aggravated-assault charges at a court-martial hearing that he has demanded.