Technical Sgt. David Bingham, an airman assigned to the 10th Medical Operations Squadron at the Air Force Academy in Colorado, was convicted at court-martial of possessing a child pornography image, the academy announced Tuesday.
Bingham was sentenced to six months of confinement, a demotion to E-1, the lowest enlisted rank, and a dishonorable discharge from the Air Force, the academy said in a release. He will also receive a reprimand.
The Colorado Springs Gazette reported last month that a co-worker saw the child pornography image on Bingham’s computer in 2016 when he gave the co-worker his computer to be repaired.
He faced up to 10 years in confinement, the Gazette reported.
Bingham entered active duty in 2001, and was a physical therapist in the 4J072 physical medicine career field.
Stephen Losey is the air warfare reporter for Defense News. He previously covered leadership and personnel issues at Air Force Times, and the Pentagon, special operations and air warfare at Military.com. He has traveled to the Middle East to cover U.S. Air Force operations.
