Bill Baker

 

Preferred Name: Bill

Nickname/Call Sign:  B Squared

Date of Birth: 09-03-1944

Highest Military Grade Held: Lt Col, O5

Hometown: Shreveport, LA

  • Bill Baker -early life
  • Bill Baker - later life

Biography

  • 1988 – 1989 Project Engineer General Dynamics, Ft Worth, TX
  • 1989 – 2004 Pilot Northwest Airlines B-727, DC-9, DC-10, B-747
  • 2004 Retired

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

Military Education

  • BSOS, AFSC
  • Master of Arts, Naval Postgraduate School

Civilian Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, LA Tech University
Biography

Biography

  • 1988 – 1989 Project Engineer General Dynamics, Ft Worth, TX
  • 1989 – 2004 Pilot Northwest Airlines B-727, DC-9, DC-10, B-747
  • 2004 Retired
Units - Education - Awards - Flight Info

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

Military Education

  • BSOS, AFSC
  • Master of Arts, Naval Postgraduate School

Civilian Education

  • Bachelor of Science, Electrical Engineering, LA Tech University