John Landrum Martin Jr. (18 October 1920 – 15 November 2009) was a major general in the United States Air Force.

He enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps in 1940 and flew combat missions in Boeing B-29 Superfortress bombers in the China-Burma-India Theater.

During a training flight to El Paso, Texas, in 1942, he met Elisabeth (Bettie) Blakemore, and they married after a six-month courtship.

[1][2] Martin completed additional training on the Consolidated B-24 Liberator four-engine bomber, and then was assigned to the 444th Bombardment Group in April 1943.

Martin flew 14 combat missions, and made 30 trips across "The Hump" (the Himalayan mountains) ferrying fuel and bombs to a forward air base in China.

He served for three years in that post, and then four more starting in 1954 at the Wright Air Development Center as chief of the Flight Control Laboratory.

[1][2] After Martin retired from the USAF in 1970, he worked for Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT) in Washington, D.C., as its vice president for engineering and operations.