Donald E. Williams

**Edward Williams** (An haifeshi ranar 13 ga watan Fabrairu, 1942 - Fabrairu 23, 2016) wani jami'in sojan ruwa ne na Amurka kuma ma'aikacin jirgin sama, matukin jirgi, injiniyan injiniya da kuma dan sama jannati NASA. Ya yi sa'o'i 287 da mintuna 35 a sararin samaniya.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Captain Williams a ranar 13 ga watan Fabrairu,shekara ta alif 1942, a Lafayette, Indiana kuma ya girma a garin Green Hill na kusa. Ya sauke karatu daga makarantar sakandare ta Otterbein da ke Otterbein a shekarar alif 1960. Ya sami digirin digirgir a fannin injiniyan injiniya daga jami'ar Purdue a shekara ta alif 1964.

## Ayyuka
Williams ya sami hukumarsa ta hanyar shirin Naval ROTC a Jami'ar Purdue. Ya kammala horar da jirgin sama a Pensacola, Florida, Meridian, Mississippi da Kingsville, Texas, yana karbar fuka-fukinsa na Naval Aviator a watan Mayu 1966. Bayan horon A-4 Skyhawk, ya yi jigilar Yakin Vietnam guda biyu a cikin jirgin dakon kaya na USS Enterprise tare da Attack Squadron 113. VA-113). Ya yi aiki a matsayin mai koyar da jirgin sama a Attack Squadron 125 (VA-125) a Naval Air Station Lemoore, California na tsawon shekaru biyu kuma ya canza zuwa jirgin A-7 Corsair II. Ya yi ƙarin tura Vietnam guda biyu a cikin Kasuwanci tare da ma'aikatan Carrier Air Wing 14 da Attack Squadron 97 (VA-97). Williams ya kammala jimillar yunƙurin yaƙi 330.

A shekarar alif 1973, Williams ya halarci Kwalejin Ma'aikatan Soja. Ya sauke karatu daga Makarantar Pilot Test Naval na Amurka a NAS Patuxent River, Maryland, a watan Yuni, shekara ta alif 1974, kuma an sanya shi zuwa Cibiyar Gwajin Jirgin Ruwa ta Naval Air Suitability Branch of Flight Test Division. Daga watan Agusta 1976 zuwa watan Yuni 1977, bayan sake tsara Cibiyar Gwajin Jirgin Ruwa na Naval, ya kasance shugaban Reshen Tsarin Tsarin Jirgin Sama, Daraktan Gwajin Jiragen Sama. Ya ba da rahoto na gaba don horar da refresher A-7, kuma an sanya shi zuwa Attack Squadron 94 (VA-94) lokacin da NASA ta zaɓe shi a matsayin ɗan takarar ɗan sama jannati.
Ya shiga sama da sa'o'i 6,000 na lokacin tashi, wanda ya haɗa da sa'o'i 5,700 a cikin jiragen sama da saukar jiragen ruwa 745.

### NASA
NASA ta zaba a watan Janairu, alif 1978, Williams ya zama dan sama jannati a watan Agusta, alif 1979, wanda ya cancanci aiki a matsayin matukin jirgi a kan ma'aikatan Jirgin Sama na gaba. Daga nan ya sami ayyuka daban-daban na tallafi, ciki har da yin aiki a Laboratory Integration Laboratory (SAIL) a matsayin matukin jirgi na gwaji, da kuma Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Kennedy yana shiga gwajin orbiter, dubawa, ƙaddamar da ayyukan saukarwa.

Daga watan Satumba, alif 1982 zuwa watan Yuli, alif 1983, an sanya shi a matsayin Mataimakin Manaja, Haɗin Ayyuka, Ofishin Tsarin Tsarin Sufurin Sararin Samaniya na ƙasa a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Johnson. Daga watan Yuli, alif 1985 zuwa Agusta, alif 1986, Williams ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Rundunar Aiyukan Jiragen Sama a Cibiyar Sararin Samaniya ta Johnson, kuma daga Satumba 1986 zuwa Disamba 1988, ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Reshen Tallafawa Ofishin Jakadancin a cikin Ofishin 'Yan sama jannati.

### Post-NASA
A watan Maris, shekara ta alif 1990, Williams ya yi ritaya daga Rundunar Sojan Ruwa ta Amurka a matsayin Kyaftin, kuma ya bar NASA. Ya shiga Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), yana aiki akan ayyuka da yawa a yankin Houston, na ƙasa, da na duniya. A watan Afrilu, shekara ta 2006, Williams ya yi ritaya daga SAIC.

Williams ya mutu sakamakon bugun jini a ranar 23 ga watan Fabrairu,shekara ta 2016, yana da shekaru 74.

## Ƙungiyoyi
Williams ya kasance memba na Society of Testing Pilots, Association of Space Explorers, da National Aeronautic Association.

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