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        BRIGADIER GENERAL JAMES L. MARTINBrig. 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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