> ## 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. # February 2022 at Air Force Courts-Martial: 21 Cases - URL: https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/air-force-courts-martial-february-2022/ - Published: 2026-10-28T06:53:38.000Z - Updated: 2026-10-30T08:08:31.000Z - Description: Air Force records list 21 courts-martial in February 2022. Article 117a, wrongful broadcast of intimate visual images, appeared in 28% of cases with charge lists, compared with 3% for the Air Force across 2022. Article 92 appeared in 33%, compared with 17%. - Author: Jocelyn C. Stewart - Tags: Understanding Trends, Air Force [Trends](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/) › [By Year](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/by-year/) › February 2022 **Short answer:** Air Force records list 21 courts-martial in February 2022\. Article 117a, wrongful broadcast of intimate visual images, appeared in 28% of cases with charge lists, compared with 3% for the Air Force across 2022\. Article 92 appeared in 33%, compared with 17%. Based on 21 cases · February 2022 · Air Force records · data updated October 24, 2026 ## Intimate-Image Charges Were More Common Charges are listed for 18 of the 21 cases, and each article is counted once per case. Article 117a, which covers the wrongful broadcast of intimate visual images, appeared in 5 of those 18 cases. That 28% share compares with 3% for the Air Force over all of 2022. Article 127, extortion, appeared in 11% of cases, compared with 1% for the year. Article 86 (AWOL) also appeared in 11%, compared with 3%. Each of these shares is based on a small number of cases, so a single trial changes the share by a large amount. These figures do not show which charges appeared together in the same case, or how each charge was decided. ## Orders Violations and Other Charges Article 92, failure to obey an order or regulation, appeared in 33% of the listed cases, compared with 17% for the year. Article 112a, wrongful use or possession of controlled substances, was the most common charge, in 39% of cases. That is slightly higher than the 33% across the Air Force. Some common charges appeared less often than in the year overall. Article 128 (assault) appeared in 17%, compared with 23%. Article 134 (the general article) appeared in 17%, compared with 20%. Article 120 (rape and sexual assault) appeared in 11%, compared with 15%. Air Force records rarely list charges for full acquittals, so these shares mostly describe cases with a conviction. | UCMJ Article | Cases | Share here | Share, the Air Force for all of 2022 | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----- | ---------- | ------------------------------------ | | [Art. 112a](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-112a-drug-offenses/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances | 7 | 39% | 33% | | [Art. 92](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-92/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Failure to obey order or regulation | 6 | 33% | 17% | | Art. 117a Wrongful broadcast of intimate visual images | 5 | 28% | 3% | | [Art. 128](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-128/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Assault | 3 | 17% | 23% | | [Art. 134](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-134/?ref=bodiesburied.com) General article | 3 | 17% | 20% | | [Art. 120](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/ucmj/article-120-sexual-assault/?ref=bodiesburied.com) Rape and sexual assault | 2 | 11% | 15% | | Art. 127 Extortion | 2 | 11% | 1% | | [Art. 86](https://www.ucmj-defender.com/practice-areas/court-martial/article-86/?ref=bodiesburied.com) AWOL | 2 | 11% | 3% | ## Most Accused Pleaded Guilty Every case has a plea on record. Of the 21, 14 were guilty pleas and 7 were contested. In a contested case, the accused pleaded not guilty to at least one charge. The contested share was 33%, lower than the 47% for the Air Force across 2022. A military judge alone decided guilt in 16 of 21 cases (76%). Members heard 5: 4 with enlisted panels and 1 with an officer panel. The accused usually chooses the forum. Most guilty pleas go to a military judge alone, so the split mostly follows how many cases were contested. ## Sentences About the Same as the Year There were 18 convictions, and 16 included confinement. The median confinement was 6 months, the same as the 6-month median across the Air Force for 2022\. A quarter of the terms were 1.5 years or longer. These are adjudged sentences, set at trial. They cover all charges of conviction in the case and come before any plea-agreement cap, clemency, or appeal. Any of those can lower the time actually served. ## Punitive Discharges and a Dismissal Of 17 convicted enlisted members, 12 received a punitive discharge: 9 bad-conduct and 3 dishonorable. The share for the Air Force in 2022 was 59%. The month also had 1 convicted officer or warrant officer, who was dismissed. Dismissal is the officer equivalent of a punitive discharge. A sentence without a punitive discharge does not rule out a later administrative separation, and these records do not include those separations. ## Court Levels and Ranks There were 12 general and 9 special courts-martial. The general share was 57%, the same as the 57% for the Air Force that year. A general court-martial can impose any lawful sentence, including long confinement and a dishonorable discharge. A special court-martial is capped at one year of confinement. Since 2019, a special court-martial tried by a military judge alone is capped at six months with no punitive discharge. Junior enlisted members (E-1 to E-4) made up 57% of the accused, NCOs 38%, and officers 5%. That is about the same as the Air Force overall, where junior enlisted members were 58% of the accused. ## Cases by Installation No base tried more than 2 cases. Travis AFB, California, tried 2\. Eielson AFB, Alaska, Moody AFB, Georgia, JBSA - Lackland, Texas, and Laughlin AFB, Texas, tried 1 each. Those 5 installations account for 29% of the 21 cases, so most of the month's trials took place at other bases. Base counts mostly follow base size. Larger installations try more cases of all kinds. ## What the Records Do Not Show These records cover only cases that reached a courtroom. They show trial dates but not offense dates. They do not include nonjudicial punishment, administrative separations, or cases dropped before trial. The records also do not show the evidence or the terms of any plea agreement. Air Force records do not report plea agreements, so they cannot show whether a guilty plea came with a sentence cap. Dates and sources for the law changes mentioned here: [UCMJ change timeline](https://www.bodiesburied.com/trends/ucmj-change-timeline/). ### How We Counted Air Force courts-martial with a trial date in February 2022 (21 cases), compared with the whole year. 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/). 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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.