An Arizona senator said Wednesday that she was “preyed upon and raped” by a superior officer while serving in the US Air Force.

“I stayed silent for many years,” Sen. Martha McSally (R-Ariz.) said during a Senate hearing on military sexual assault. “But later in my career, as the military grappled with scandals and their wholly inadequate responses, I felt the need to let some people know: I, too, was a survivor.”

McSally, the first female fighter pilot to fly in combat, choked up as she detailed what happened to her, saying that she didn’t report the assault because she did not trust the system.

“I was horrified at how my attempt to share generally my experiences was handled,” the 26-year military veteran said.

“Like many victims, I felt like the system was raping me all over again.”

The Republican lawmaker did not name the officer who raped her.

The revelation comes after Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst came forward in January to say she was sexually assaulted by a friend in college.