James Binnicker, the former chief master sergeant of the Air Force who passed away March 21, was buried Friday at Arlington National Cemetery.
Members of the Air Force Honor Guard carried the flag-draped casket to Section 62 of the cemetery during the full military honors funeral service.
Current CMSAF James Cody presented the flag from the casket to Chief Binnicker's wife, Janice.
The graveside service also included a B-52 flyover.
"Chief Binnicker was a leader amongst leaders," Cody said in a June news release. "We will always remember his service, not because he was the chief master sergeant of the Air Force, but because he set the standard as an innovator and as a leader, because he added to our joy and brought triumph and glory to our Air Force, and because he left an everlasting impact on every airman who crossed his path."
Binnicker was 76 when he died in Calhoun, Georgia. He was a Vietnam veteran who served for 33 years before retiring in 1990. As the ninth CMSAF from 1986 to 1990, Binnicker oversaw the Air Force's transition from the old Airman Performance Report to the new Enlisted Performance Report system of evaluating enlisted airmen.
