Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart, once head of the service's pilot training command, will be tried by a jury of eight fellow generals. Five have been chosen.
Lawyers and a military judge made steady progress Wednesday toward selecting a jury that will weigh charges of rape against a San Antonio -based Air Force general. A jury of eight is required to decide the guilt or innocence of Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart , only the second Air Force general ever to face a court-martial. Under military law, the jurors all must be generals of the same rank as Stewart or higher.
Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart loses bid to avoid court-martial by retiring Stewart is accused of sexually assaulting a female subordinate at or near Altus AFB in southwestern Oklahoma in April 2023. At the time, he was commander of the 19th Air Force, the service’s pilot training arm with headquarters at Randolph AFB. He was stripped of his command a month later “due to a loss of confidence in his ability to lead.” Stewart contends that he and the female officer were in a consensual relationship.
primer on the rape case against Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart Thirteen Air Force generals were summoned to San Antonio this week to be considered as possible jurors in the case. They went through questioning by lawyers for both sides to determine whether they could serve impartially. On Tuesday, prosecution and defense lawyers sparred over whether one of the potential jurors, Lt. Gen. Stacey T. Hawkins, met that standard.
Office Of Special Trial Counsel Office Of The Special Trial Counsel Congress Pentagon U.S. Air Force Academy Air Force Research Laboratory Maj. Gen. Phillip Stewart Maj. Gen. William T. Cooley Matthew Stoffel Dennis Stacey T. Hawkins Naomi Porterfield Dennis Brian Thompson Brian S. Robinson Sherry Bunn Phillip Stewart Thirteen San Antonio Randolph AFB Oklahoma Altus AFB Fort Sam Houston Tinker Air Force Base Air Force Sustainment Center Wright-Patterson AFB Iraq Afghanistan U-2 Ohio Uniform Code Of Military Justice F-15C Article 32
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