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The CDC has released an article titled "COVID-19 Outbreak Associated with Air Conditioning in Restaurant, Guangzhou, China, 2020"

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764_article

visual of transmission through air conditioning:

https://wwwnc.cdc.gov/eid/article/26/7/20-0764-f1

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Yes, in that particular case the breeze form the air conditioner was blowing virus-laden droplets from one table to an immediately adjacent table. It wasn't a case of the virus going through the air conditioner and that study in particular tends to be frequently cited as evidence the virus doesn't travel very far.

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