![]() ![]() ![]() He completed USAF Test Pilot School, class 98-B. Williams holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering, both from the California Institute of Technology. He was commander of U-2 Programmed Depot Maintenance and Flight Test, Palmdale, CA, from 2005-2008. Air Force with the rank of lieutenant colonel, during his military career he served as a C-130 commander during multiple campaigns a U-2 pilot conducting sensitive reconnaissance missions worldwide a U-2 instructor pilot at Beale Air Force Base, CA and a project pilot on the Edwards-based airborne laser program. Among NASA science deployments on which he has flown are those to Greenland, Iceland, and Costa Rica in NASA's Gulfstream III carrying the UAVSAR synthetic aperture radar system, and to Iceland in the ER-2. Williams began work at NASA in September 2008, following an extensive flying career in the U.S. Williams is also assigned as project pilot for the Environmentally Responsible Aviation project. He is qualified to fly a diverse array of science, research, and mission support aircraft at NASA Armstrong, including the ER-2 high-altitude science aircraft, the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA) 747SP, Gulfstream III, YO-3A, Global Hawk remotely controlled aircraft, F-18, and T-34. In that position he flies airborne science and test aircraft and is a team member on test programs, supporting mission planning, procedures, and safety-related operational elements. Williams is a research test pilot at NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, Edwards, CA. ![]()
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