- James Dutton
James Patrick Dutton Jr (
20 November 1968 ,Eugene, Oregon ) is aNASA astronaut pilot of the Class of 2004 (NASA Group 19), and atest pilot in theUS Air Force with the rank ofLieutenant Colonel .Education
Dutton received his early education in Eugene, then joined the Air Force and graduated first in his class from the
United States Air Force Academy in 1991 with aBachelor of Science inAstronautical engineering . He has subsequently been awarded in 1994 aMaster of Science degree inAeronautics &Astronautics from theUniversity of Washington .Career
Dutton is a member of the U.S. Air Force Academy Class of 1991. During this period he was a member of the intercollegiate Cadet Competition Flying Team.
Dutton's pilot training was at
Sheppard AFB ,Texas .In 1993-1994, Dutton completed his Master's degree at the
University of Washington ,Seattle, Washington .In 1995 Dutton undertook
F-15 C training atTyndall AFB ,Florida , then flew as an operationalF-15C pilot with the493rd Fighter Squadron "Grim Reaper s" atRAF Lakenheath ,United Kingdom , from October 1995 to May 1998. During this time he was deployed overIraq and flew over 100 combat hours providing air superiority in support ofOperation Provide Comfort andOperation Northern Watch over northern Iraq.In May 1998, Dutton joined the
422nd Test & Evaluation Squadron atNellis AFB ,Nevada , and flew operational test missions in the F-15C.He was selected to attend the
U.S. Air Force Test Pilot School (TPS) and graduated with the Class 00A (the "Dawgs") in December 2000.Dutton served with the
416th Flight Test Squadron flying theF-16 until June 2002.He joined the F-22 Combined Test Force flying the Raptor with the
411th Flight Test Squadron atEdwards AFB ,California , logging over 350 light hours from August 2002 to June 2004.He was selected for NASA astronaut training in May 2004, and received his astronaut pin (qualification) on
10 February 2006 .Dutton has over 2,000 flight hours in over 30 different aircraft.
He served as
CAPCOM on theSTS-123 Space Shuttle mission.Family and Interests
Dutton is married to Erin (nee Ruhoff) and they have three sons.
He is a member of the
Society of Experimental Test Pilots and theOfficers’ Christian Fellowship .External links
* [http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/dutton-jp.html NASA biography]
* [http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/dutton_james.htm Spacefacts biography of James Dutton]ee also
*
List of astronauts by name
*List of astronauts by selection
*Timeline of astronauts by nationality
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