Meridian native earns ‘Wings’

Six Navy and Marine Corps aviators were presented with their “Wings of Gold” during a pinning ceremony June 29 at Naval Air Station Meridian, Miss. Among the new aviators was Meridian native Lt.j.g. Ethan Ray Williams whose entire family was in attendance. Williams is a 2010 graduate of Enterprise High School, and 2014 graduate of Mississippi State University, where he earned a degree in mechanical engineering. During training, he earned two Navy “E” ribbons for bombing accuracy. He carrier qualified in the T-45C on board the USS Abraham Lincoln on May 6, and completed Advanced Jet Flight Training with Training Squadron 7. His next career stop will take him and his family to Virginia, where he will train to fly the F/A 18 Super Hornet. (Source: Meridian Star 06/29/18)