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The Air Force may group female Air Force Academy cadets together in dormitories and provide rape victims with individual counselors as part of reforms planned in the wake of sexual assault complaints.

Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Chet Curtis said officials also may train nurses and investigators with the Office of Special Investigations to deal specifically with sexual assaults.

The Air Force has received 56 reports of sexual assaults since the academy began recording data in 1993, Air Force Capt. Peter Kerr said. That figure includes female cadets who said they were assaulted off-campus by civilians, he said.