By THOMAS GNAU | Dayton Daily News, Ohio | Published: April 23, 2021 DAYTON, Ohio (Tribune News Service) On April 3, Lt. Gen. Harry Goldsworthy, the man considered to be the oldest living retired air force general in the world, celebrated his 107th birthday. In a career that spanned some 34 years, from 1939, when Goldsworthy was accepted for flight training with the Army Air Corps, to retirement in 1973, what was his favorite assignment? According to an account by WarHistoryOnline.com, it was Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There, he commanded the Aeronautical Systems Division, where he helped draw up specifications for the F-15 Eagle fighter. In his career, Goldsworthy flew over 30 different aircraft, the web site in a recent piece on Goldsworthy. He received the Air Force Distinguished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit and the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters.
Air Force Survey Shows One-Third of Respondents Fear Reprisal for Reporting Mistreatment
Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., commander of Air Force Materiel Command, fields questions during a breakfast with Arnold Engineering Development Complex team members, Feb. 7, 2020, at Arnold Air Force Base, Tennessee. (Jill Pickett/U.S. Air Force)
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About one-third of respondents to a new Air Force diversity survey say they fear reprisal if they report discrimination, harassment or other poor treatment in their unit.
Approximately 14,000 airmen and civilians answered the Air Force Materiel Command survey, which will be presented to senior leaders from Air Force manpower, personnel and services and the newly created Office of Diversity and Inclusion, said Bill Snodgrass, director of AFMC s Manpower, Personnel and Services at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The survey, officials say, could inform future studies about inclusion efforts across the workforce.
Air Force to court martial a general for the first time in its 74-year history: Decorated two-star leader to face sex assault charges for forcibly kissing and touching a civilian woman
Major Gen. William Cooley will face court martial for a sexual assault charge stemming from a 2018 incident in New Mexico
This is the first time in the Air Force s 74-year history that an active general will face court martial
A court-martial is the military s highest level trial court that tries service members for the most serious crimes
Don Christensen, president of Protect Our Defenders, told Military.com that the Air Force s decision tells me that there s a strong case here
Major General William Cooley faces court-martial for sexual assault charges, the service announced Tuesday regarding the two-star general, who previously headed the Air Force Research Lab.
By CHAD GARLAND | STARS AND STRIPES Published: April 22, 2021 Former Air Force Research Laboratory commander Maj. Gen. William Cooley will face a court-martial on sexual assault charges, making him the first general officer to be prosecuted by the service. Cooley is accused of making unwanted sexual advances by kissing and touching a civilian woman during an off-duty incident in Albuquerque, N.M., in August 2018. The woman is not a service member or Defense Department employee. Gen. Arnold W. Bunch Jr., head of the Air Force Materiel Command, referred one charge against Cooley under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, including three specifications of sexual assault under Article 120, the command said in a statement Wednesday.