May 31, 2023 Air Force two-star general will retire as a colonel Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, the first Air Force general officer to be court-martialed and convicted, will retire as a colonel, with an effective date of June 1, 2023. Secretary of the Air Force Frank Kendall made the final retirement officer grade determination.
April 26, 2022 Air Force general sentenced A military judge sentenced Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, former commander of the Air Force Research Laboratory, to a reprimand and forfeiture of $10,910 per month for five months Tuesday, for forcibly kissing a civilian woman.
Jan. 6, 2022 Cooley trial postponed to April amid COVID concerns The general court-martial trial of Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley, scheduled to begin January 10 at Wright-Patterson AFB, OH, has been continued by the military judge until April 18.
April 21, 2021 Former commander to face court-martial charge A sexual assault charge has been referred to general court-martial in the case of Air Force Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley.The General Court-Martial Convening Authority, Gen. Arnold. W. Bunch, Jr., Air Force Materiel Command commander, referred one charge under the Uniformed Code of Military Justice,