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Sunday's Child - Nikolas
Air Force Base Training Head Out Amid Sex Scandal 9/5/12
Associated Press
September 5, 2012
SAN ANTONIO (AP) - The head of training at Lackland Air Force Base has stepped down and is headed to the Pentagon amid a sex scandal involving instructors and trainees.
The San Antonio Express News reports Wednesday that Air Force Col. Eric Axelbank handed command of the 37th Training Wing to Col. Mark Camerer in a ceremony closed to the media.
The Air Force had previously announced Axelbank's departure and said it was a normal change of command. But it comes as the Air Force implements new training guidelines.
The base's top commander, Col. Glenn Palmer, was ousted last month.
Military prosecutors have investigated over a dozen Lackland instructors and charged six with crimes ranging from rape to adultery.
Lackland is where every new American airman reports for eight weeks of basic training.