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Burns, John J., Sr., Lt Gen.
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Contact Info
Home Town Bayonne
Last Address Niceville, Florida On the golf course!
Date of Passing Aug 08, 2000
Location of Interment Heritage Gardens - Niceville, Florida
Wall/Plot Coordinates Columbarium
Official Badges
Unofficial Badges
Additional Information
Last Known Activity:
September 1977
U.S. Readiness Command
MacDill AFB. FL
Other Comments:
Lt Gen Burns was a Command Pilot. His military decorations and
awards include: the Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf
cluster, Silver Star, Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster,
Distinguished Flying Cross with two oak leaf clusters, Bronze
Star Medal, Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster,
Air Medal with 33 oak leaf clusters, Air Force Commendation
Medal, Distinguished Unit Citation, Air Force Outstanding Unit
Award with two oak leaf clusters, Order of National Security
Merit Gugseon Medal (Republic of Korea), and Republic of Korea
Presidential Unit Citation.
1950-1952, F-84 Thunderjet
From Year 1950
To Year 1952
Personal Memories
In October 1948 General Burns was assigned to the 27th Fighter Escort Group at Kearney Air Force Base, Neb., and in March 1949 went with the group to Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, as a flight commander and later served as assistant group operations officer. In November 1950, during the Korean War, he went with the 27th Group to Korea, where he flew 102 combat missions in the F-84E Thunderjet. In July 1951 he returned to Bergstrom Air Force Base with the 27th Strategic Fighter Wing, became assistant wing operations officer, and in October 1952 returned with the wing to Japan on a rotational tour.
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F-84 Thunderjet Details
Aircraft/Missile Information
Model Republic F-84F Thunderjet Length 37.43 ft | 11.41 m Width 36.42 ft | 11.10 m Height 14.99 ft | 4.57 m Engine(s) 1 x Wright J65-W-3 turbojet engine generating 7,220lbs of thrust. Empty Weight 13,830 lbs | 6,273 kg MTOW 28,001 lbs | 12,701 kg Max Speed 695 mph | 1,118 km/h | 604 kts Max Range 860 miles | 1,384 km Ceiling 45,997 ft | 14,020 m | 8.7 miles Climb Rate 7,400 ft/min (2,257 m/min) Hardpoints 2 Armament 6 x 12.7mm machine guns 24 x 5in rockets
Up to 6,000lbs of external ordnance. Accommodations 1
Major Variants
* XP-84 Thunderjet - First prototype model (1946); General Electric J35-GE-7 turbojet engine. * XP-8A Thunderjet - Prototype (25 total); Allison J35-A-15 * P-84B Thunderjet - XP-8A porduction model. * P-84C Thunderjet - Revised electrical system; J35-A-13C engine; Later redesignated as the F-84C. * F-84 Thunderjet * YF-84A Thunderjet - First swept-wing variant * F-84D Thunderjet - J35-A-17D engine; Re-engineered landing gear system; thicker wing systems. * F-84E Thunderjet - Post-Korean War model featuring improved system components; Enlarged cockpit; Lengthened fuselage. * F-84G Thunderjet - J35-A-29 engine * F-84F Thunderstreak - Swept wing; Wright J65-W-1 turbojet engine (later models with Wright J65-W-3 engines). * RF-84F Thunderflash - Final development model of F-84 series; Reconnaissance variant with J65-W-7 engine.