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COLONEL ROBYN M. BURK
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Col. Robyn M. Burk is Commander, 611th Air Support Group, 11th Air Force, Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska. She is responsible for 40 remote Alaska sites with a $4.3 billion asset value, providing first-line radar, communications, engineering, environmental, and logistics support for 11th Air Force and Alaskan NORAD Region. She commands one air station, two forward operating locations, and 18 remote radar sites supporting air sovereignty, war readiness missions, and homeland defense. She implements government-to-government consultation with Alaska native tribes and works directly with more than 50 communities across the great state of Alaska.
Colonel Burk entered the Air Force in 1984 after obtaining her commission through the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Louisiana State University. A career logistics readiness officer, she has served in a variety of logistics and acquisition assignments at base level, MAJCOM and Air Staff, including squadron command at the 27th Logistics Support Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M., and 355th Transportation Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.. She deployed as lead logistics planner for the U.S. Central Command Air Forces during Operation Iraqi Freedom.
EDUCATION
1984 - Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, La.
1988 - Master of Science degree in Logistics, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
1989 - Squadron Officer School, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
1996 - Master of Arts degree in Education, Chapman University
1999 - Air Command and Staff College, Master of Arts degree in Military Operational Art and Science, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
2004 - Air War College (Seminar)
ASSIGNMENTS
1. September 1984-May 1987, Chief, Mobility Plans Branch, McGuire AFB, N.J.
2. May 1987-October 1988, student, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
3. October 1988-April 1992, Logistics Manager, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
4. April 1992-November 1995, Propulsion Flight Commander, Logistics Flight Commander, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
5. November 1995-August 1998, Commander, 27th Logistics Support Squadron, Cannon AFB, N.M.
6. August 1998-July 1999, student, Air Command and Staff College, Maxwell AFB, Ala.
7. July 1999-July 2001, Logistics Program Manager, Directorate of Logistics Plans, Deputy Chief of Staff for Installations and Logistics, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.
8. July 2001-January 2003, Commander, 355th Transportation Squadron, Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz.
9. January 2003-July 2005, Chief Logistics, Operations and Plans; and Deputy Chief, Logistics, Shaw AFB, S.C.
10. July 2005-July 2006, Chief Plans and Operations Division, C4, Yong San Air Base, Republic of Korea
11. July 2006-July 2007, Chief Logistics Plans Branch Headquarters Air Force Inspection Agency, Kirtland AFB, N.M.
12. July 2007-present, Chief of Logistics Readiness Division, Directorate of Logistics, Installations and Mission Support, Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe, Ramstein Air Base, Germany
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS
Bronze Star
Defense Meritorious Service Medal
Meritorious Service Medal (5 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Commendation Medal (1 Oak Leaf Cluster)
Air Force Outstanding Unit Award (3 Oak Leaf Clusters)
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant July 13, 1984
First Lieutenant July 13, 1986
Captain July 13, 1988
Major June 1, 1996
Lieutenant Colonel December 1, 2000
Colonel February 1, 2007
(Current as of June 2008)
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