Burton M. Field is a retired
United States Air Forcelieutenant general. Prior to retirement he served as the deputy chief of staff for operations, plans and requirements, Headquarters United States Air Force.
Military career
Field was commissioned in 1979 after graduating from the
United States Air Force Academy with a
Bachelor of Science. He has commanded the
421st Fighter Squadron at Hill Air Force Base, Utah; the
USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB; the
8th Fighter Wing at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea; and the
1st Fighter Wing at Langley AFB. He also deployed as Commander,
332d Air Expeditionary Wing, Balad AB, Iraq. Field served on two major command staffs as well as the Joint Staff. He was also the Senior Military Adviser to the United States Special Representative for Afghanistan/Pakistan, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
Field is a command pilot with more than 3,400 flying hours in the F-16 and F-22. He completed the USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course in 1985, a Master of Business Administration from
Golden Gate University in 1986, the 1993
Command and General Staff College in 1993, and graduated from the
Air War College in 1998.
Assignments
July 1979 – July 1980, student, undergraduate pilot training, Williams AFB, Arizona
October 1980 – May 1981, student, F-16 Replacement Training Unit, Hill AFB, Utah
May 1981 – December 1983, F-16 squadron pilot and instructor pilot, 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada
January 1984 – December 1984, F-16 instructor pilot, 80 TFS, Kunsan AB, South Korea
January 1985 – May 1985, student, USAF Fighter Weapons Instructor Course, Nellis AFB, Nev
May 1985 – May 1987, weapons and tactics officer and F-16 instructor pilot, 430th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Nellis AFB, Nevada
May 1987 – July 1990, F-16 instructor pilot, academic instructor and flight commander, USAF Fighter Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada
August 1990 – June 1992, advanced medium-range air-to-air missile and F-22 action officer, Tactical Air Command, Langley AFB, Virginia
June 1992 – June 1993, student, Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas
July 1993 – June 1994, chief of standardization and evaluation, 388th Fighter Wing Hill AFB, Utah
June 1994 – June 1995, operations officer, 34th Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
June 1995 – July 1997, commander of 421st Fighter Squadron, Hill AFB, Utah
August 1997 – June 1998, student, Air War College, Maxwell AFB, Alabama
July 1998 – May 2000, executive officer to commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein AB, Germany
May 2000 – April 2001, commandant, USAF Weapons School, Nellis AFB, Nevada
May 2001 – May 2002, commander of 8th Fighter Wing, Kunsan AB, South Korea
June 2002 – May 2003, assistant deputy director, Political-Military Affairs for Europe (J-5), the Joint Staff, Washington D.C.
June 2003 – June 2005, deputy director, Politico-Military Affairs for Western Hemisphere (J-5), the Joint Staff, Washington, D.C.
June 2005 – May 2007, commander of 1st Fighter Wing, Langley AFB, Virginia