Red state officials looked the other way as state guard officer misused aircraft: report

The director of a top unit of the Florida State Guard has been accused of improperly using state planes on personal flying lessons and wasting millions in taxpayer money, reported the Tampa Bay Times, and top state officials looked the other way as it happened.

"In separate videos on Facebook and Instagram, three members said director Mark Thieme used the organization’s planes to train for his personal pilot’s license when the craft were supposed to be assigned to operations," said the report.