Jacob Wulfson
United KingdommilitaryMaleb. 19942.5Global Dominance: 0.00%Capt Jacob Wulfson is a US Air Force fighter pilot, known for his service in Afghanistan and his role as a member of the elite F-35 squadron nicknamed the 'Valkyries'. He was recently in the news for being tried in a court martial at RAF Lakenheath, where he faced allegations of drugging and strangling a British academic, Sarah Steele, during a personal encounter.
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Capt Jacob Wulfson was accused of strangling and assaulting Sarah Steele.
‘You live for those breakthroughs’: an investigation into military tribunals on US airbases meant protecting those who spoke out | MediaUnited Kingdom· 2026-08-09
Capt Jacob Wulfson was prosecuted in a court martial for strangling an intimate partner but acquitted of sexual assault.
UK government reviews why police ceding criminal cases to US military | PoliceUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-30
Capt Jacob Wulfson is a US fighter pilot involved in a case where he strangled a British woman after meeting her through a dating app.
US airman accused of exposing himself to 16-year-old girl avoided British trial | US militaryUnited Kingdom· 2026-07-07Jacob Wulfson assaulted Steele on UK soil in late 2023 after the pair met on a dating app.
MoJ to examine case of British woman strangled by US fighter pilot, justice minister says | UK criminal justiceUnited Kingdom· 2026-06-26
Jacob Wulfson, a US captain, was convicted of strangling an intimate partner but found not guilty of sexual assault.
Bizarre questions and an all-male ‘jury’: woman strangled by US pilot in Britain tells of airbase trial | US militaryUnited Kingdom· 2026-06-26
Capt Jacob Wulfson was accused of drugging and strangling Sarah Steele in his apartment in England.
‘Degrading’: why did a US fighter pilot avoid British trial after strangling a woman in England? | US militaryUnited Kingdom· 2026-06-25
