The US Air Force Academy now has 37 cases of cadet cheating under investigation, instead of the 36 reported earlier. Of the 37 cases, 27 fourth class cadets have admitted they cheated on a Fourth Class Knowledge Test. Of those 27, 25 were academy athletes. One cadet has resigned. Peer panels so far have found that eight cadets violated the academy code.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…