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An extract from Burton's Air Force Biography

RECENT ASSIGNMENTS
December 2002 – May 2003 (Deployed) Deputy Commander and Commander, 405th Air Expeditionary Group, Sultanate of Oman

February 2004 – Oct 2006 Reserve Chief, Air Force Operations Group, Current Operations Division, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia
October 2006 – April 2007 Detachment Commander (Deployed), Headquarters 2nd Air Force, Fort Bragg, North Carolina

April 2007 – September 2007 Action Officer, Air Force Quadrennial Defense Review Office, Office of the Vice Chief of Staff, Headquarters Air Force, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

October 2007 – March 2009 Operations Chief, Core Element Bravo, Standing Joint Task Force Headquarters, Joint Forces Command, Norfolk Naval Station, Norfolk, Virginia

February 2008 – November 2008 (Deployed) Director of Operations (J-3), Task Force Ramadi, Multi-National Force West, Camp Ramadi, Al Anbar Province, Republic of Iraq

March 2009 – Present Individual Mobilization Augmentee to the Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Reserve Affairs, Pentagon, Washington, District of Columbia

June 2009 – Present (Deployed) Chief of Combat Operations, NORAD - Continental Region, 601st Combined Air & Space Operations Center, Tyndall AFB, Fl

FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command Pilot
Hours flown: More than 10,000
Aircraft flown: C-130, T-37, T-38, KC-10, C-26,
B-727, B-737, B-757, B-767, B-777

MILITARY CAMPAIGNS
Urgent Fury, Grenada – October 1983
Just Cause, Panama – December 1989
Desert Storm, Kuwait – January 1991
Enduring Freedom – January 2003
Iraqi Freedom – March 2003
Iraqi Freedom – March 2008
Noble Eagle July - 2009

EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Airman Basic July 9th, 1977
Airman January 9th, 1978
Airman 1st Class October 23rd, 1978
Senior Airman October 23rd, 1979
Second Lieutenant May 27h, 1981
First Lieutenant July 18th, 1983
Captain July 18th, 1987
Major May 15th, 1995
Lieutenant Colonel October 1st, 2002
Colonel August 1st, 2007 <span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1249345031260_807" />

MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal with Four Oak Leaf Clusters
Aerial Achievement Medal
Air Force Commendation Medal
Army Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Army Achievement Medal
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal
Southwest Asia Service Medal
Iraqi Campaign Medal
Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal
Humanitarian Service Medal
Kuwait Liberation Medal - Saudi Arabia
Kuwait Liberation Medal - Kuwait

SECURITY CLEARANCE INFORMATION
SCI DCID 1/14 Eligible
Type Clearance: Single Scope Background Investigation
Clearance Date: 03 Feb 2006

CIVILIAN EMPLOYER
B-777 Pilot, Delta Air Lines
John F. Kennedy Airport, Jamaica, New York

PUBLIC SERVICE
• Democratic candidate for the Adjutant General of South Carolina – 1998
• South Carolina Housing, Finance, & Development Authority Commissioner 1999 – 2003
• Steering Committee Member for Bill Richardson’s Presidential Campaign - 2008

HOME
Mount Pleasant, South Carolina

FAMILY
Married to the former Nancy Reid Player of Columbia, SC

Two Daughters
• English Ann Burton - 24
• Lauren Elizabeth Burton – 19