AP. The cadets will instead graduate with bachelor's degrees. “They will not be commissioned into the United States Air Force as long as they remain unvaccinated," the news agency quoted academy spokesperson Dean Miller as saying.
He also informed that a decision on whether to require the three to reimburse the United States for education costs in lieu of service will be made by the secretary of the Air Force.
Miller said that another cadet who had refused the vaccine until about a week ago had decided to get inoculated and hence, will become an Air Force officer.
Lt Col Brian Maguire, an Air Force Academy spokesman, said a week ago that all four of the cadets had been informed of the potential consequences and met with the academy's superintendent..