US Air Force disciplines 15 personnel over leak case

By Diyar Guldogan

WASHINGTON (AA) - The US Air Force disciplined 15 airmen for "dereliction of duties" after an inquiry into an Air National Guardsman who is accused of leaking classified documents online.

"The actions ranged from relieving personnel from their positions, including command positions, to non-judicial punishment under Article 15 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice," according to an Air Force statement Monday.

It said that Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira acted alone in allegedly leaking classified documents.

Twenty-one-year-old Teixeira is accused of leaking several classified military documents to his friends on the video game-centric chat platform Discord, some of which were later posted on the internet.

He was taken into custody in April after the leaks sent shockwaves through the US’s international partnerships, exposing highly undiplomatic assessments of critical allies including Ukraine as it fights Russia’s invasion.​​​​​​​