PENSACOLA — A Fort Walton Beach man stationed at Hurlburt Field was sentenced Thursday to 23 months in prison and more than $126,300 in restitution on charges of conspiracy and bribery by a public official.

Air Force Master Sgt. Cody Boone Covert, 43, pleaded guilty in October 2016. His co-conspirator, 54-year-old Michael Allen Braun of Forest Lake, Minnesota, pleaded guilty in January.

According to a press release from the U.S. Department of Justice, Colvert, who was with the 901st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was asked to obtain storage panel carts in support of the C-130 operations. Braun, who owned a company that could provide that equipment, conspired with Covert to obtain the Air Force contract.

Covert was to receive 45 percent of the profit from the contract proceeds if he ensured Braun's company won the contract. He submitted the request to purchase the equipment and then chose Braun's company, which was awarded the $126,300 contract, the release said.

The two met several times, mainly at Covert's home, to discuss the requisition. Covert's spouse, referred to only as J.C., was present at the meetings. J.C. was instructed by the two men to establish a company to receive Covert's share of the profits, according to court documents.

Braun and Covert split the proceeds, with Covert receiving a check for $35,000.

When delivered, the carts did not meet Air Force specifications.

Braun is scheduled to be sentenced April 10.

"This was a great outcome for the investigation and prosecution of those who would do damage to the integrity of the U.S. Air Force acquisition process," said Special Agent-in-Charge Wendell W. Palmer, USAF Office of Special Investigations-Procurement Fraud Detachment 5 Southeast.

The case was investigated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, the Defense Criminal Investigative Service and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.