LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A military trial for a Las Vegas-based U.S. Air Force staff officer accused of grooming and then repeatedly raping a child is scheduled for Sept. 15, according to military records.

Lt. Col. Kevin DiFalco faces at least seven charges, records show.

Las Vegas Metro police arrested DiFalco in September 2022. Two months later, records showed the matter was turned over to the military court. DiFalco’s case was later removed from the Air Force trial docket while the allegations were to be addressed through a military administrative process.

Most recently, the Office of Special Trial Counsel referred the case against DiFalco to trial by general court-martial, a Nellis Air Force Base spokesperson told the 8 News Now Investigators.

DiFalco’s current allegations in military court include sexual assault, sexual abuse of a child, indecent exposure, giving false testimony, conduct unbecoming an officer and a gentleman, possessing, receiving, or viewing child pornography, and indecent conduct.

Col. Matthew P. Stoffel is listed as the military judge.

DiFalco has kept his military job, works as an active-duty member where he serves as a staff officer in the 57th Operations Group stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, and served as the Director of Staff for the 561st Weapons Squadron, according to a Nellis Air Force Base Spokesperson.

DiFalco initially faced seven counts of lewdness with a child under 18 and one count of child abuse or neglect in the Las Vegas Justice Court.

DiFalco was the commander of the 57th Operations Support Squadron and an F-16 pilot assigned to Nellis Air Force Base. He was relieved from command on September 8, but he remained on active duty at Nellis AFB, a spokesperson said. DiFalco served in the Thunderbirds program until June 2021.

DiFalco is accused of grooming and then sexually assaulting the child multiple times, a report stated. The report was extremely graphic, and much of its contents cannot be reported to protect the child’s identity.

The report also claimed DiFalco told the child “not to say anything,” adding the commander and the person talked regularly on Snapchat, a messaging application where photos and messages disappear.

The allegations became known after an individual came forward to Las Vegas Metro police, the report stated. The person reporting the allegations said they had attempted to tell an out-of-state police agency last year, but that “the case was closed.”

The person reporting the allegations also noted a distinct tattoo in DiFalco’s groin area, which investigators corroborated in the report.

DiFalco was commissioned in the Air Force on January 15, 2005, according to Nellis Air Force Base.

To reach investigative reporter Vanessa Murphy, email vmurphy@8newsnow.com.