court granted summary judgment on January 24, 1995.
The Air Force had also previously filed a motion for partial summary judgment, challenging
Jackson's untimely claims of discriminatory hiring practices, on February 5, 1991. Jackson filed
his response on March 11, 1991, and the court granted partial summary judgment on August 19,
1991.
       The Air Force tendered a formal settlement offer to Jackson on June 26, 1989, which

promised, inter alia, to place him as an Electronics Mechanic at Sheppard Air Force Base.4

Alternatively, the offer notified Jackson of his right to reject the proposed disposition and pursue his

complaint before the EEOC and the federal courts. Nevertheless, Jackson tendered a written

acceptance on July 6, 1989, expressly acknowledging that the proposed disposition constituted full

relief for his claims of employment discriminationoriginal allegation that

the Air Force had engaged in discriminatory hiring practices by failing to hire him when he first

applied for the position of Electronics Mechanic in 1982. Jackson's repeated efforts to resuscitate

his claim are meritless, however, as it is barred by the principle of res judicata.

        To recount briefly the tortuous history of this claim, we must look back to Jackson's first

EEOC complaint, filed in August 1984, which alleged that the Air Force had discriminated against

him by refusing to hire him in 1982. That initial complaint was settled by informal agreement in

September 1984. Jackson revived the issue in December 1986, however, alleging that the Air Force

had failed fully to comply with the 1984 settlement agreement, and seeking to reinstate the original

charge