Background
III, William R. Looney, was born on March 5, 1949 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
III, William R. Looney, was born on March 5, 1949 in Norman, Oklahoma, United States.
Bachelor of Science, United States Air Force Academy, 1972. Student, Squadron Officer School, 1977. Master in Management, Central Michigan University, 1979.
Student, Armed Forces Staff College, 1983. Student, National War College, 1990. Student, Executive Warfare Course, 1993.
Student, Joint Flag Officer Warfighting Course, 1997. Student, Joint Force Air Component Commander Course, 1997. Student, Undergraduate Space & Missile Training Staff Course, 1998.
Student, National & International Security Seminar, 1999.
Commissioned Second lieutenant United States Air Force, 1972, advanced through grades to general, 2005, Air Corps-130 gunship pilot Ubon Royal Thai Air Force Base, Thailand, 1973-1974. Instructor pilot 50th Flying Training Squadron, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, 1975-1978. Air staff training program Directorate of Personnel Plans, The Pentagon, Washington, 1978-1979.
Instructor pilot, flight Commander and assistant operations officer 94th Tactical Fighter Squadron, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1980-1983. Aide-de-camp to deputy Commander in chief United States European Command, Stuttgart, West Germany, 1983-1985. Chief of wing plans 36th Tactical Fighter Wing, Bitburg AB, West Germany, 1985-1986.
Operations officer to Commander 22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron, 1986-1989. Conventional negotiations branch chief Directorate of Strategic Plans and Policy, The Pentagon, Washington, 1990-1992. Vice Commander Air Forces Iceland, Keflavik Naval Air Station, Iceland, 1992-1993.
Commander 33rd Fighter Wing, Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, 1993-1995, 1st Fighter Wing, Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, 1995-1996. Commandant Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, 1996—1998. Commander Space Warfare Center, Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado, 1998-1999.
Director operations United States Air Force, Peterson Air Force Base, 1999—2000. Commander 14th Air Force & Component Commander United States Space Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, 2000—2002. Commander Aeronautical Systems Center Air Force Material Command (AFMC), Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, 2002—2003, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, 2003—2005.
Commander Air Education & Training Command (AETC), Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, since 2005.