Think of the Air Force Academy as DoD's answer to the Mustang Ranch

Focus on military sexual assault

S. Arizona bases in step as U.S. increases scrutiny

By Carol Ann Alaimo
ARIZONA DAILY STAR

The recent rape reports from combat zones come on the heels of a sex scandal last year at the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., where dozens of female cadets alleged sexual assaults were ignored or covered up by academy leadership over the past decade. The Air Force woes were the latest chapter of a lengthy sex saga that started with the Navy's 1991 Tailhook scandal and continued in 1996 with a similar episode at the Army's Aberdeen Proving Ground.