(CNN) A US Air Force veteran convicted for attempting to join ISIS was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison.
Tairod Pugh, 49, from New Jersey, was found guilty in 2016 on federal charges of trying to give material support to ISIS and of obstruction of justice, according to the US Justice Department indictment.
Prosecutors had presented evidence that the former aircraft mechanic was traveling from Egypt to Turkey in January 2015.
Pugh, a convert to Islam, served in the Air Force from 1986 to 1990, according to the Justice Department.
He was then deported to the United States, where the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force got a warrant for his devices, the Department said.
Pugh was trained in installing and maintaining aircraft engines, and navigation and weapons systems, according to the Justice Department.
It's good for the world to see that in this country, you get a trial by jury," Creizman said. »