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O-8 loses command for using clout to help son
By Scott Fontaine - Staff writer
Air Force Times
Monday Mar 14, 2011 6:06:26 EDT
Allan Poulin Jr. dreamed of flying a fighter and landed a job interview with an F-16 reserve unit. The squadron leadership didn’t want him. The wing commander offered Poulin a job anyway.
Poulin struggled at Officer Training School. The school commander signed off on his dismissal. A one-star ordered him reinstated.
Next came undergraduate pilot training. Poulin finished last in his class and was told to report to the squadron that trains cargo and tanker pilots. He reported to the fighter track.
Behind each move, Poulin’s superiors saw the influence of his father — Maj. Gen. Allan Poulin, vice commander of Air Force Reserve Command. It was interference that ultimately forced the two-star to retire.
An anonymous tip touched off an investigation by the Air Force inspector general into what role Poulin was playing in his son’s career.
The investigation’s findings, released to Air Force Times earlier this year through the Freedom of Information Act, show the general’s hand guiding his son’s career at every turn.....
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By Scott Fontaine - Staff writer
Air Force Times
Monday Mar 14, 2011 6:06:26 EDT
Allan Poulin Jr. dreamed of flying a fighter and landed a job interview with an F-16 reserve unit. The squadron leadership didn’t want him. The wing commander offered Poulin a job anyway.
Poulin struggled at Officer Training School. The school commander signed off on his dismissal. A one-star ordered him reinstated.
Next came undergraduate pilot training. Poulin finished last in his class and was told to report to the squadron that trains cargo and tanker pilots. He reported to the fighter track.
Behind each move, Poulin’s superiors saw the influence of his father — Maj. Gen. Allan Poulin, vice commander of Air Force Reserve Command. It was interference that ultimately forced the two-star to retire.
An anonymous tip touched off an investigation by the Air Force inspector general into what role Poulin was playing in his son’s career.
The investigation’s findings, released to Air Force Times earlier this year through the Freedom of Information Act, show the general’s hand guiding his son’s career at every turn.....
Read the rest HERE