Joe Lee Burns
"Joe Lee"
Service
United States Air Force
Highest Rank
Colonel
Years of Service
27
Combat
Yes
Biography as of Apr 30, 2012
Joe Lee Burns' Short AF Biography
- '59-'63 USAFA (Zoom School)
- Baseball; Cheerleader
- '64 T-37/T-38, Pilot Training, Reese AFB, Lubbock, TX - Lt
- '64 F-4 Back Seat Pilot CCTS, D-M AFB, Tucson, AZ - Lt
- '65 F-4 433rd TFS, George AFB, CA
- '65-'66 F-4 433rd TFS, Ubon RTAFB, Thailand - Lt
- 137 Combat missions / 100 North VN
- '66 F-4 Front Seat Upgrade CCTS, D-M AFB, AZ
- '66-'70 F-4 81st TFS, Hahn AB, West Germany - Capt
- Nuclear Alert
- Base Football and Baseball
- Berlin, Denmark, France Austria, Switzerland, Italy, Spain
- TDY Torrejon, Zaragoza, Aviano, Wheelus (Libya)
- '70-'71 F-4, 7th TFS, Holloman AFB, NM - Capt
- F-4 FWIC Nellis AFB, NV
- Crested Cap deploy to Spangdalem AB, W. Germany
- '71-'72 F-4, 35th TFS, Kunsan AB, South Korea - Capt
- TDY to DaNang AB, SVN, then Korat RTAFB, Thailand
- 85 Combat missions / 37 over North VN
- "A Ridge Too Far" - Shot down and rescued
- '72-'74 T-38 Aggressors, 64th FWS, Nellis AFB, NV - Maj
- Lots of TDYs / Early Red Flag type exercises
- Flight Ops Area 51
- '75 Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA
- '75-'79