Burns, James, SMSgt

Aircraft Maintenance

TWS Ribbon Bar

Service Photo

Service Details

Service Status
USAF Retired

Final Rank
Senior Master Sergeant

Last AFSC
43590-Flight Engineer Superintendent

Last AFSC Group
Aircraft Maintenance

Primary Unit
1976-1979, 43199, Detachment 1, 57th Tactical Training Wing (Staff)

Previously Held AFSC's
99000-Basic Airman
43130-Helicopter Mechanic
43150-Helicopter Mechanic
43550B-Flight Engineer Specialist
43570B-Flight Engineer Technician
43570C-Flight Engineer Technician
43170C-Helicopter Technician
43191-Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent
43199-Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent

Service Years
1959 - 1979

Official/Unofficial US Air Force Certificates

Cold War Certificate

Voice Edition

Voices Profile

Official Badges

Unofficial Badges

Military Associations and Other Affiliations

Special Operations Association (SOA-MACV)

Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)

United Services Automobile Association (USAA)


	1970, Air & Space Forces Association (AFA) - Assoc. Page
	1980, Disabled American Veterans (DAV) - Assoc. Page
	2002, USAF Rotorheads
	2002, Pedro Rescue Helicopter Association - Assoc. Page
	2003, Thailand-Laos-Cambodia Brotherhood - Assoc. Page
	2003, Air Commando Association - Assoc. Page
	2003, Special Operations Association (SOA-MACV) - Assoc. Page
	2006, Air Force Together We Served
	2008, Jolly Green Giant Association
	2010, Air Rescue Association - Assoc. Page
	2013, Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA) - Assoc. Page
	2015, That Others May Live Foundation
	2016, United Services Automobile Association (USAA) - Assoc. Page
	2016, Air Force Memorial (AFM) - Assoc. Page
	2016, Distinguished Flying Cross Society (DFCS), Fort Walton Beach Pitsenbarger Chapter (Chairman) (Fort Walton Beach, Florida) - Chap. Page

Additional Information

What are you doing now:

I keep busy as the webmaster of the USAF RotorHeads website ( https://usafrotorheads.com ) ( www.rotorheadsrus.us ) and am enjoying my full retirement.

Remembrance Profiles - 50 Airmen Remembered

Bledsoe, Milard Luther Eugene, SSgt, (1958-1968)	Bonnell, George Harrison, 2nd Lt, (1961-1966)
Brooks, Donald Ray, Maj, (1954-1968)	Brower, Ralph Wayne, Capt, (1961-1967)
Call, John Henry, Capt, (1969-1972)	Chapman, Peter Hayden, Capt, (1961-1972)
Cheeseman, Alan Browne, Capt, (1966-1970)	Cohen, Harry, TSgt, (1955-1969)
Davis, Luther Eugene, SSgt, (1966-1970)	Davis, Warren Kent, Maj, (1955-1969)
Dean, Michael Frank, SSgt, (1966-1970)	Froehlich, Laurence E., 1st Lt, (1972-1975)
Goeglein, John Winfred, Maj, (1952-1970)	Hackney, Duane D., 1stSgt, (1965-1991)
Hartzel, Gerald Lester, TSgt, (1954-1970)	Hefferon, George Xavier, MSgt
Henry, George Donald, Capt, (1962-1970)	Kays, James Grier, Capt, (1971-1975)
Kelly, Kerry, SMSgt	Ketterer, James Alan, Maj, (1964-1968)

Ribbon Bar

Enlisted/Officer Basic Training


	1959, Basic Military Training (Lackland AFB, TX), 3711/380

Unit Assignments

Eastern Air Rescue Center, Air Rescue Service (ARS)

3630th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron

3750th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

20th Helicopter Squadron - Pony Express/Green Hornets

20th Special Operations Squadron - Green Hornets

21st Special Operations Squadron - Dust Devils

Detachment 1, 57th Tactical Training Wing (Staff)


	1959-1959, 99000, 3711th Basic Military Training Squadron
	1959-1959, 43130, 3761st Student Squadron (Cadre)
	1959-1960, 43150, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
	1960-1963, 43150, Eastern Air Rescue Service Detachmehnt 46, Eastern Air Rescue Center
	1963-1964, 43150, Eastern Air Rescue Service Detachmehnt 5, Eastern Air Rescue Center
	1964-1965, 43150, 31st Air Rescue Squadron
	1966-1966, 43150, 3630th Consolidated Maintenance Squadron
	1966-1967, 43550B, 3750th Consolidated Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
	1967-1968, 43570B, 20th Helicopter Squadron - Pony Express/Green Hornets
	1967-1968, 43570B, 20th Special Operations Squadron - Green Hornets
	1968-1969, 43570B, Detachment 15, Eastern Air Rescue Center
	1969-1970, 43570B, 21st Special Operations Squadron - Dust Devils
	1970-1971, 43570C, 1st Helicopter Squadron
	1971-1972, 43570C, 39th Aerospace Rescue and Recovery Wing
	1972-1975, 43170C, 5040th Helicopter Squadron
	1975-1976, 43191, 20th Special Operations Squadron - Green Hornets
	1976-1979, 43199, Detachment 1, 57th Tactical Training Wing (Staff)

Combat and Non-Combat Operations


	1961-1965 Vietnam Advisory Campaign (1962-65)
	1965-1968 Operation Steel Tiger
	1967-1968 Project DANIEL BOONE

Colleges Attended



	1978-1979, Park University

My Aircraft/Missiles


	1959-1964, H-19 Chickasaw
	1960-1967, HH-43 Huskie (Pedro)
	1967-1979, UH-1 Iroquois ( HUEY)
	1968-1976, HH-3/CH-3E Jolly Green Giant
	1970-1970, CH/UH-21 Workhorse ( Flying Banana)

Other News, Events and Photographs


	Aug 30, 2021, Other Photos