> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.bodiesburied.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Air Force Attempt Cases Against Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4): Outcomes and Sentences - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-80-junior-enlisted/ - Published: 2026-10-30T08:13:37.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:13:37.000Z - Description: The Air Force records show 16 courts-martial of junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) charged with attempt under Article 80, tried from March 2017 through June 2025. The median confinement was 10 months, the same as in all Air Force Article 80 cases. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Article 80, Air Force [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Offense](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-offense/) › [Article 80](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-80-courts-martial/) › Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) **Short answer:** The Air Force records show 16 courts-martial of junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) charged with attempt under Article 80, tried from March 2017 through June 2025\. The median confinement was 10 months, the same as in all Air Force Article 80 cases. A punitive discharge followed 56% of the convictions, compared with 52% for the offense overall. Based on 16 cases · 2016–2025 · Air Force records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Attempt Charges Came With Other Charges Article 80 was the only charge in 2 of the 16 cases. Drug offenses under Article 112a were the most common companion, in 7 cases. Sexual assault under Article 120 appeared in 3 cases. Indecent recording and exposure under Article 120c and assault under Article 128 each appeared in 2, and larceny under Article 121 in 1. ## Confinement and Its Range All 16 cases ended in a conviction on at least one charge, and 13 sentences included confinement (81%). The median confinement was 10 months, the same as the 10 months in all Air Force Article 80 cases. The terms varied widely. A quarter of the confinement terms were 6 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal, and they cover every charge in the case. ## Discharges After Conviction 56% of the convicted members received a punitive discharge: 4 bad-conduct discharges and 5 dishonorable discharges. In all Air Force Article 80 cases, the share was 52%. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation. ## An Even Split Between Court Levels General courts-martial heard 8 cases and special courts-martial heard 8\. The general share of 50% is lower than the 58% in all Air Force Article 80 cases. A general court-martial can impose long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial is capped at one year of confinement and cannot adjudge a dishonorable discharge. ## Who Decided Guilt? A military judge alone decided 11 cases. Members heard 27% of the cases with the forum listed: 2 enlisted panels and 2 officer panels. In all Air Force Article 80 cases, members heard 30%. The accused usually chooses whether a military judge alone or members decide guilt. ## Trials Over Time The busiest year was 2019, with 5 cases. The other years had 1 in 2017, 3 in 2018, 1 in 2020, 1 in 2021, 2 in 2022, 0 in 2023, 1 in 2024, and 2 in 2025\. All 16 accused were junior enlisted, so the group is more junior than the accused in all Air Force Article 80 cases. ## Law Changes and Record Limits The Military Justice Act of 2016 took effect on January 1, 2019, bringing fixed panel sizes, judge-alone special courts-martial, and written plea agreements. Since December 28, 2023, special trial counsel decide whether to prosecute covered offenses such as sexual assault. The records give trial dates only, so they cannot show which rules applied in each case. No plea counts appear for these cases. Air Force records rarely list a guilty plea from 2016 to 2019, never report plea agreements, and rarely list the charges in a full acquittal. The evidence is not described, and nonjudicial punishment is not included. For what the offense covers and how it is defended, see [Article 80 on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com). Dates and sources for the law changes: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Air Force courts-martial tried 2016–2025 that charged junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) under Article 80 (16 cases), compared with every Air Force Article 80 case. Source: public court-martial records (Article 140a, UCMJ) in [Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/), data updated October 24, 2026\. Definitions, sources, and known gaps: [how this data was built](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/how-the-military-trial-results-data-was-built/). Errors: content@bodiesburied.com. ## Related Analysis - [Article 80 (Attempts): Court-Martial Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/article-80-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Air Force Courts-Martial: Data and Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-courts-martial/) (hub) - [Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Charged Under Article 80 in the Army](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-80-junior-enlisted/) - [What Happens to Army NCOs (E-5 to E-9) Facing Attempt Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-80-ncos/) - [What Happens to Navy-Marine Corps Junior Enlisted (E-1 to E-4) Facing Attempt Charges?](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/navy-marine-corps-article-80-junior-enlisted/) - [Army Article 80 Cases by the Numbers, 2021–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/army-article-80-trend-2021-2025/) - [Fewer or More? Attempt Charges at Air Force Courts-Martial, 2016–2025](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-article-80-trend-2016-2025/) - [Article 80 explained on the law firm's website](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-80/?ref=bodiesburied.com) - [Search every case in Military Trial Results](https://www.bodiesburied.com/military-trial-results/) (members) **About the author.** Jocelyn C. Stewart is a retired Army JAG with more than 24 years of trying courts-martial and more than 200 jury trials. She hosts *Where All The Bodies Are Buried* and runs the [Law Office of Jocelyn C. Stewart](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/?ref=bodiesburied.com). This analysis is for education and information only. It is not legal advice, and every case is different.