Christopher Francis Burne is a United States Air Force lieutenant general and was Judge Advocate General of the Air Force from May 2014 until May 2018. He retired on July 1, 2018.^[1]

Christopher Francis Burne was born on October 7, 1958, in Dunmore, Pennsylvania, Burne's father Francis Robert Burne was a decorated bombardier in World War II.^[2] Burne attended the University of Scranton and Pennsylvania State University - Dickinson Law.^[3]

Burne joined the Air Force in 1983 and was assigned to the Eighth Air Force.^[3] In 1987, he was assigned to Headquarters Strategic Air Command.^[3] He served as Offutt Air Force Base from 1989 until 1990, when he was assigned to Vandenberg Air Force Base.^[3] There, he was Deputy Staff Judge Advocate with the Western Space and Missile Center and the Twentieth Air Force. He would later deploy to serve in the Gulf War.^[3]

In 1993, Burne was stationed at Soesterberg Air Base in the Netherlands.^[3] From there, he became Director, Operations Law, United States Central Command and Staff Judge Advocate of the 20th Fighter Wing.^[3]

Following the September 11 attacks, he took part in organizing the Air Force's mobilization and response.^[3]

In May 2014, he was confirmed by the Senate to be The Judge Advocate General of the Air Force.^[4] Prior to this, he was assigned as the Staff Judge Advocate at Headquarters Air Combat Command.^[4] Burne retired from the Judge Advocate General position on July 1, 2018.^[1]