Spangdahlem-based Air Force pilot convicted of rape
Stars and Stripes reports:
An Air Force fighter pilot was convicted of rape last week, nine years after he committed the crime against a young airman.
Lt. Col. Michael J. Briggs, an F-16 pilot who was the 52nd Fighter Wing chief of safety at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, was convicted on Aug. 7, according to Air Force officials, after a weeklong court-martial before a military judge.
The judge sentenced Briggs, 40, to five months in jail, dismissal from the Air Force and a reprimand.
The rape occurred in 2005 while Briggs was on a temporary duty assignment at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, officials said.
