Air Force Punishes 15 People Over Leaked Ukraine Documents

Published on December 11, 2023

The U.S. Air Force has disciplined 15 of its personnel in connection with the leak of classified documents about the war in Ukraine earlier this year. Federal prosecutors initially arrested Massachusetts Air National Airman 1st Class Jack Teixeira in April, in connection with the classified documents leak. Following Airman 1st Class Teixeira’s arrest, the Air Force initiated an inspector general investigation into potential security failures within Mr. Teixeira’s unit, the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base in Massachusetts. The Air Force Inspector General’s Office released the results of its investigation to the public on Dec. 11. The branch announced that since September, it had initiated disciplinary and other administrative actions against 15 individuals for dereliction of duty for taking insufficient actions after becoming aware of a potential leak threat....