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Sarah Williams was raised in Grand Marais, Minnesota, and commissioned a Second Lieutenant at the United States Air Force Academy in 1997 with a Bachelor of Science in Management. She has served in a variety of aircraft maintenance positions spanning five Major Commands and has deployed in support of Operations NORTHERN and SOUTHERN WATCH, JOINT FORGE, IRAQI FREEDOM, and ENDURING FREEDOM. In 2000, Sarah garnered a Master of Sciences degree in Organizational and Human Resource Development from Abilene Christian University.
Sarah began supporting C-130 aircraft maintenance at Dyess, AFB, Texas, and Hurlburt Field, Florida. She served a year at Kunsan AB, Republic of South Korea, with a follow-on to Eglin AFB supporting aircraft maintenance for F-16s and F-15s. After these operational tours she was selected for squadron command at Grand Forks AFB and Sheppard AFB. She then served on the Air Combat Command staff writing policy and training for 44,300 maintainers and led an operational planning team for the Joint Strike Fighter with nine partner nations.
After staff, Sarah served as a deputy group commander at Beale AFB, California, supporting the Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance mission with U-2 and Global Hawk aircraft. She then moved to Suffolk, Virginia, as an Observer/Trainer for the Joint Staff J7 Joint Force Development Directorate, advising combatant commands and senior leaders on best practices.
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