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Air Force Investigates “noose” incident

The Air Force said Thursday it was investigating a photograph of a group of airmen posing with another airman pretending to be dead and lying in an open casket ...

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January 2, 2012 7:31 pm

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The Air Force said Thursday it was investigating a photograph of a group of airmen posing with another airman pretending to be dead and lying in an open casket with a noose around his neck. An Air Force spokesman at the Pentagon, said the airmen in the photo are from Lackland Air Force Base in Texas and were attending training at Fort Lee, Va. In the photo, 15 airmen wearing military fatigues surround another airman in the casket has chains on his body and a noose around his neck.