James W. Williams

Captain Williams was released during Operation Homecoming on March 28, 1973. He was briefly hospitalized to recover from his injuries at Scott AFB, Illinois, and he then attended Undergraduate Pilot Training, earning his pilot wings at Williams AFB, Arizona, in March 1975. After completing F-4 Combat Crew Training at George AFB, he served as an F-4D pilot with the 7th and 9th Tactical Fighter Squadrons of the 49th Tactical Fighter Wing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, from June 1976 to July 1978, and then as an F-4E pilot with the 4th Tactical Fighter Wing at Seymour Johnson AFB, North Carolina, from August 1978 to June 1981. Major Williams served as an Air Liaison Officer with Detachment 6 of the 507th Tactical Air Control Wing at Fort Polk, Louisiana, from June 1981 to July 1983, followed by F-15 Eagle transition training from July to October 1983. He next served as an F-15 pilot and then Chief of Safety with the 1st Tactical Fighter Wing at Langley AFB, Virginia, from October 1983 to June 1986, and then as Senior Controller with the 4440th Aircraft Delivery Group at Langley from June 1986 to March 1989. Lieutenant Colonel Williams served as a Professor of Aerospace Science and as Commander of the Air Force ROTC detachment at Alabama State University from March 1989 to September 1992, and then as Chief of Social Actions for the 42nd Air Base Wing at Maxwell AFB, Alabama, from September 1992 until his retirement from the Air Force on July 1, 1995. After retiring from the Air Force, Jim immediately began serving as the Senior Aerospace Science Instructor at Tucker High School in Tucker, Georgia, and he is in his 18th year teaching there.