Cadets ousted for sharing test answers
From Times Wire Reports
Fifteen cadets were expelled from the Air Force Academy in a cheating scandal and three others resigned, school commanders said.
Thirteen others were placed on probation.
The cadets, all freshmen, either confessed or were found guilty by an honor board of sharing answers to a test of knowledge about the Air Force. Officials at the academy near Colorado Springs said the cadets forwarded answers through an Internet social group and private computer messages.
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