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BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES L. MARTIN
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Retired April 3, 2000.
Brig. Gen. James L. Martin is the mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii.
General Martin is a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Following pilot training, he was assigned to an airlift unit and later to a tactical fighter wing. He flew 289 F-100 combat missions in Vietnam. He later served as an Air Force test pilot and was instrumental in the development of fly-by-wire technology and all-weather landing systems. He transitioned to the Air Force Reserve in 1974 and has served as an airlift pilot, operations officer, squadron commander, wing and numbered Air Force staff officer, and an individual mobilization augmentee. He is a command pilot with more than 12,000 total flight hours.
As a civilian, he is a retired Senior Executive Service employee of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration at the Ames Research Center, Mountain View, Calif.
EDUCATION
1963 Bachelor of Science degree, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1969 USAF Aerospace Research Pilot School, Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
1969 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1970 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1972 Master of Business Administration degree, University of Dayton, Ohio
1988 National Security Management Course, outstanding graduate, by correspondence
1989 NASA Senior Executive Program, Wallops Island, Va.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. August 1964 - October 1966, airlift pilot, 44th Air Transport Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
2. June 1967 - June 1968, fighter pilot, 615th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Phan Rang Air Base, Vietnam
3. August 1969 - February 1973, test pilot, 4950th Test Wing, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. May 1974 - April 1987, aircraft commander and squadron operations officer, 708th Military Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
5. April 1987 - November 1989, Commander, 708th Military Airlift Squadron, Travis AFB, Calif.
6. February 1990 - February 1991, Chief of Safety, 4th Air Force, McClellan AFB, Calif.
7. February 1991 - April 1993, individual mobilization augmentee to the Commander, 6510th Test Wing, Edwards AFB, Calif.
8. April 1993 - April 1995, mobilization assistant to the Director of Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
9. April 1995 - April 1997, mobilization assistant to the Commander, Air Force Flight Test Center, Edwards AFB, Calif.
10. April 1997 - April 1999, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Air Forces, Hickam AFB, Hawaii
11. April 1999 - present, mobilization assistant to the Commander, U.S. Pacific Command, Camp H. M. Smith, Hawaii
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Rating: Command pilot
Flight hours: Air Force: 5,137; NASA: 7,123
Military aircraft flown: F-100D, F-104C, T-38A, T-33A, KCIC-135A/B and C-141A/B
NASA aircraft flown: AV-8B/C, T-38A, Lear Jet 23/24, Quiet Short Haul Research Aircraft (STOL research aircraft), Augmentor Wing (STOL research aircraft), UH-1B/H, OH-6A, OH-56A, UH-12E, C-130B, DC-8-72, C-141A, CV-990, BE-200, DHC-6 and YO-3A
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Distinguished Flying Cross
Meritorious Service Medal
Air Medal with three silver and one bronze oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross with bronze star
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1967 Top Gun, Class 67-HR, Cannon AFB, N.M.
1980 Project pilot, joint Navy/NASA carrier suitability sea trials, NASA STOL research aircraft
1983 Project pilot, 35th Paris Air Show, NASA STOL research aircraft
1989 Project pilot, joint U.S./Japan Asuka STOL research aircraft program
1993 Director's Award for Interagency Cooperation, Aeroflight Dynamics Directorate, U.S. Army Aviation and Troop Command
1995 NASA Exceptional Service Award
1998 NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS AND ASSOCIATIONS
Fellow, Society of Experimental Test Pilots
Reserve Officers Association
U.S. Air Force Academy Alumni Association
Senior Executive Association
Air Force Association
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant June 5, 1963
First Lieutenant June 5, 1964
Captain Sept. 9,1971
Major Sept. 9, 1978
Lieutenant Colonel Sept. 9, 1985
Colonel June 1, 1989
Brigadier General April 3, 1995
(Current as of May 1999)
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