William H. Baker
Preferred Name: Bill
Nickname/Call Sign: B Squared
Date of Birth: September 3, 1944
Highest Military Grade Held: 0-9 – Lieutenant General
Hometown: Shreveport, LA
Biography
Pilot Information
Biography
After serving with the USAF, Bill Baker worked as a Project Engineer at General Dynamics in Ft. Worth, TX from 1988-1989. He then became a pilot for Northwest Airlines where he flew the B-727, DC-9, DC-10 and B-747 until his retirement in 2004.
Pilot Information
Units Assigned
- 1968 – 1969 UPT Reese AFB, TX (T-37/38)
- 1969 (APR-AUG) 4511 CCTS Luke AFB, AZ (F-100D/F)
- 1969 – 1970 531st TFS Bien Hoa AFB, Vietnam (F-100D/F)
- 1970 (JUL-SEP) 614th TFS Phan Rang AFB, Vietnam (F-100D/F)
- 1970 – 1971 416th TFS England AFB, LA (F-100D/F)
- 1971 F-111 Transition (F-111A/E)
- 1971 – 1972 391st TFS Mt Home AFB, ID (F-111F)
- 1972 – 1973 428th TFS Takhli RTAB, Thailand (F-111A)
- 1973 – 1975 391st TFS Mt Home AFB, ID (F-111F)
- 1976 – 1978 #6 Squadron, RAAF Base Amberley, Australia (F-111C)
- 1978 – 1981 HQ TAC Langley, VA (CT-39)
- 1981 AFSC Norfolk, VA
- 1981 – 1982 Naval Postgraduate School Monterey, CA (T-34)
- 1982 – 1988 Asst Air Attaché US Embassy, Canberra, Australia (C-12)
Awards & Decorations
Flight Info
T-37
T-38
F-100 D/F
F-111 A/C/E/F
CT-39
T-34
C-12
Military & Civilian Education
- BSOS, AFSC
- Master of Arts, Naval Postgraduate School
- Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, LA Tech University