Business Insider: Air Force Officer At Center Of Sexual Assault Controversy Demoted And Forced Into Retirement
Protect Our Defenders President Nancy Parrish is featured in this article from Business Insider:
Head of Air Combat Command Gen. Mike Hostage had issued Wilkerson a show-cause notification, which could have required him to make a case for staying in the Air Force. Since Wilkerson, an F-16 pilot, had more than 20 years of service, he was also given the option to retire.
“The acting secretary’s action was made in the course of a required officer grade determination upon Wilkerson’s request to retire,” according to the Air Force statement. “An officer is retired in the highest grade in which he or she served on active duty satisfactorily as determined by the service secretary.”
The move comes after another surprising twist in April showing other problems, when a woman reported an extramarital affair with Wilkerson and he had fathered her child. The Air Force later confirmed the allegations.
