Airman will face Uniform Code of Military Justice punishment for fabricating the exchange
A U.S. Air Force investigation found that a Black airman in Arizona faked racist texts from a supervisor to claim skin color played a role in the service member being denied a special duty assignment, and he will now face Uniform Code of Military Justice punishment.
“The 56th Fighter Wing has concluded its investigation into reports that an airman was denied a special duty assignment by their supervisor based upon their demographic identity,” a Luke Air Force Base spokesman said in a statement Tuesday, according to Military.com. “Following an exhaustive investigation, authorities determined that the statements published did not occur and the text messages were fake.”
The controversy originated in May, when the Black airman sent screenshots of the alleged text messages to the popular Air Force amn/nco/snco Facebook page and claimed they were from a supervisor who denied the service member a special duty assignment. The post quickly went viral, leading to the investigation.
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