The U.S. Air Force has temporarily suspended the leadership of a Massachusetts Air National Guard unit that was linked to the recent leak of classified documents associated with the ongoing war between Russia and Ukraine.
21-year-old Massachusetts Air National Guard member Jack Teixeira was arrested earlier this month after authorities suspected him of orchestrating leaks of numerous classified U.S. military documents detailing the war in Ukraine. The Air Force is actively investigating how Teixeira could have accessed and removed copies of the documents.
Teixeira’s unit—the 102nd Intelligence Wing at Otis Air National Guard Base, Massachusetts—is now facing a shake-up following the leak episode. Air Force spokeswoman Ann Stefanek told NTD News in an email that the commander of the Air National Guard wing has suspended the commander of its component unit, the 102nd Intelligence Support Squadron….