An Air Force pilot who has sought a religious exemption from the COVID-19 vaccine and all other vaccines expects he will face punishment for refusing to get vaccinated.
Having performed air mobility missions for more than 15 years, Air Force Maj. Jeremy Franks, who spoke to The Epoch Times using a pseudonym for fear of reprisals, was immediately grounded following Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin’s August 2021 military vaccine mandate. He has not flown since.
Following a federal court’s decision that granted a temporary injunction to protect members of the Air Force seeking religious exemptions to the COVID-19 vaccine, Franks said his commander told him, “It’s time to get back in the air.” But a religious decision to decline all vaccines has kept him from flying, and the future is “rather bleak,” according to him….