Robert Burton

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 &amp; 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 &lt;span id="fck_dom_range_temp_1249345031260_807" /&gt;

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, &amp; 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