Air Force Court-Martials Nuke Officer

The Air Force is court-martialing a nuclear-missile launch officer on drug and obstruction-of-justice charges stemming from a criminal investigation that led to the disclosure last winter of an exam-cheating scandal that implicated nearly 100 nuclear officers. The officer, 2nd Lt. Nicole Dalmazzi of the 341st Missile Wing at Malmstrom Air Force Base, Montana, is the first missileer, as launch officers are called, known to have been charged since the drug investigation was made public in January—on the same day Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel visited the headquarters of the Air Force’s land-based nuclear-missile force.