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Two JBLM bosses might testify in fatal airdrop
http://www.thenewstribune.com/2012/12/11/2399345/two-jblm-bosses-might-testify.htmlTwo JBLM bosses might testify in fatal airdrop
Adam Ashton; Staff writer
Published: Dec. 11, 2012 at 9:13 p.m. PST
Two of Joint Base Lewis-McChord’s highest-ranking Air Force commanders could be called to testify on behalf of a pilot facing a court-martial stemming from a training exercise that resulted in the death of an Army paratrooper.
The accused pilot, Capt. Jared Foley, was well regarded among top officers in Lewis-McChord’s 62nd Airlift Wing, and until recently provided daily operations briefings to commanding officer Col. Wyn Elder.
“I thought (Foley) did a fine job with the task at hand” in those daily briefings, said Col. Thomas Jackson, commander of the wing’s maintenance group.
Foley’s court-martial started Tuesday at Lewis-McChord with jury selection and sparring between attorneys over motions that could restrict testimony from senior Air Force officers. Foley faces more than two years in prison on one charge of reckless endangerment and three counts of dereliction of duty.
