A military judge at Kirtland AFB, N.M., found A1C Corey Hudgins, assigned to the 58th Maintenance Squadron at Kirtland, guilty of sexually assaulting two female airmen on Kirtland, sentencing Hudgins to 11 years confinement, a dishonorable discharge, and reprimand, according to a Nov. 15 release. The charges included rape, forcible sodomy, and assault consummated by battery for crimes which occurred in 2011 and 2012. The court-martial took place Nov. 9.
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.