Word: flinn
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...Force Lieut. Kelly Flinn could be the poster child for "Smart Women, Foolish Choices." The first woman to fly a B-52 bomber, she was named "the most distinguished" student at flight-training school. At Minot (N.D.) Air Force Base, Flinn was chosen to take the Secretary of the Air Force for a spin...
...that is over now. Flinn, 26, is applying for an honorable discharge to avoid facing a court-martial on charges including adultery and disobeying an order. Her decline began when she fell in love with Marc Zigo, a civilian who coached kids' soccer at the base. Believing he was separated, she started going out with him last summer. Soon he was telling her she was the love of his life, spoke of marriage and gave her an Irish promise ring...
...relationship was private until another officer under investigation for misconduct pointed the finger at Zigo and Flinn. The two agreed to deny their affair, and she signed a statement in November saying the relationship was platonic. But Zigo, unbeknown to Flinn, blurted out everything to investigators, who probed for details about their foreplay, birth control and where they had sex. The official report is so graphic it is stamped WARNING: THIS REPORT CONTAINS EXPLICIT MATERIAL. In mid-December, the Air Force gave Flinn a written order not to come within 100 ft. of Zigo, but she was already living with...
WASHINGTON, D.C.: The Air Force granted Kelly Flinn a general discharge Thursday, forgoing the court-martial proceeding in which she faced up to ten years in prison on charges of adultery, lying and disobedience. Air Force Secretary Sheila Widnall told reoporters the pilot's "lack of integrity" and her "disobediance to orders" were more important issues than the adultery charges. In granting a general discharge, the secretary said she acted to "protect the Air Force core values," adding that Flinn will be required to pay back the cost of her Air Force Academy education. "I don't look...
...Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott of Mississippi, concerning the case of the first female B-52 bomber pilot in the Air Force, 26-year-old Lieutenant Kelly Flinn...