Air Force Maj. Gen. William Cooley Has Been Court-Martialed for Abusive Sexual Contact in an Unprecedented Case

BY ASSOCIATED PRESS APRIL 25, 2022 12:29 AM EDT

Air Force General-Court-Martial — U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, Air Force Research Laboratory commander, delivers remarks during a press conference inside the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, on April 18, 2019. Wesley Farnsworth/U.S. Air Force via AP

WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio — An Air Force major general in Ohio has been convicted by a military judge of one of three specifications of abusive sexual contact in the first-ever military trial of an Air Force general. Officials said the verdict marks the first court-martial trial and conviction of a general officer in the Air Force’s 75-year history.

Cooley was to be sentenced Monday morning and could face as much as seven years in jail as well as loss of rank, pay, and benefits. Cooley had the option of a trial by court member jurors or by military judge, and chose to have the case heard by the judge. Read more HERE.

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