COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- Military officials may charge a male Air Force Academy cadet with sexual assault. He would be the first person prosecuted since 7NEWS Investigates first reported the sex assault scandal last February.

Academy spokeswoman Pam Ancker said the alleged assault was not a rape and involved a male and female cadet.

But 7NEWS investigator John Ferrugia reported that two male cadets will be charged in two separate cases.

"These are two cases where female cadets reported they were sexually assaulted by fellow cadets -- one in August of last year, the other in October," said Ferrugia.

Ferrugia said the first involved a female cadet who was invited to the room of an upperclass member of her athletic team. She told Ferrugia she was encouraged to drink and then became "woozy." After that, Ferrugia said, she was raped.

Ferrugia said the cadet went to a local hospital where a rape kit was used to gather forensic evidence.

A hearing had been set for April 18 but it was tentatively rescheduled to May 7, the Air Force said.

A decision on charges would be made shortly before the Article 32 hearing, Air Force spokesman Lt. Col. Dewey Ford said Wednesday.

An Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a preliminary hearing, will be conducted to determine if there is enough evidence for a court martial.

The academy defines sexual assault as ranging from unwanted hugging to rape.

In the past 10 years, two cadets have been charged with rape. One was acquitted, and the other pleaded guilty at a court-martial and was sentenced to seven months in jail.

A hearing is set next month for another cadet accused of sexual assault. No details were available.

Three investigations by the Air Force and Defense Department are under way into dozens of reports of rape or sexual assault. Female cadets have said they were punished or ostracized when they reported attacks.

Ferrugia said the Inspector General from the Dept. of Defense is reviewing all sexual assault cases at the academy and there may very we be more legal action to come.

Two new leaders will take command at the academy Thursday, replacing officers reassigned because of the scandal.

Brig. Gen. Johnny A. Weida and Col. Debra Gray, will become commandant and vice commandant, respectively, overseeing the cadets. Gray will handle sexual assault cases along with her other duties.

The other two new officers, including the new superintendent, will arrive by the end of May.