CMSgt (Ret.) William (Bill) Treadway is a 23-year United States Air Force veteran. His Air Force career culminated as Chief Aircraft Maintenance Superintendent for a Double Wing of B-52 and KC-135 aircraft, where he was responsible for more than 2,000 enlisted personnel, all aircraft maintenance facilities and vehicles, and organizational- and intermediate-level maintenance operations.

Chief Treadway was an expert and dual-qualified in General Aircraft Maintenance and Munitions, Weapons, and Missile Systems. At the time of his retirement, he was one of only three active-duty Air Force E-9s holding both aircraft maintenance and munitions Chief- and Senior-level specialty codes.

His Air Force experience included the direct handling of all conventional and nuclear weapons then in the U.S. inventory, as well as maintenance experience on eight different aircraft.

Following his retirement from the Air Force, Chief Treadway entered the defense aerospace industry, where he held numerous positions of increasing responsibility with Vought Aircraft Company and Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation, ultimately serving on the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Sustainment Executive Staff.

His assignments included Senior Strategist and Program Manager, Global Product Support, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Corporation; Project Manager, F-22 Life Cycle Execution; Program Manager, F-22 Post-Production Support & Sustainment Production Shutdown Planning; Manager, F-22A Sustainment Systems Engineering Integration; Vought C-17 Chief Engineer’s Logistics Engineering Liaison; LTV B-2 Manufacturing Engineer, Maintainability Engineer, and Spares Provisioner; and Logistics Group Reliability, Maintainability & System Safety (RM&S) Lead for Commercial and Military Programs.

Chief Treadway earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Technology from Texas A&M University, with a minor in Production Operations Management. His military professional education includes graduation from the Air Force NCO Academy and Air Force Senior NCO Academy, as well as completion of the Air Force Explosives Safety Course.

Awards and Certifications

Military: Meritorious Service Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Achievement Medal; Air Force Good Conduct Medal with 6 Oakleaf Clusters, National Defense Service Medal with Bronze Service Star, Vietnam Presidential Unit Citation; Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Medal with Palm; Vietnam Service Medal; Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal with 5 Devices.

Civilian: Certified Lockheed Martin Level 2 Program Manager; completed the University of Tennessee Performance-Based Logistics (PBL) Program and all Lockheed Martin PBL courses through Execute PBL; and holds an FAA Airframe and Powerplant (A&P) Mechanic Certificate.

Chief Treadway is a Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Life Member and an American Legion member. He currently serves as Senior Vice Commander for the 2026–2027 service year.

Chief Treadway is eligible for VFW membership based on his qualifying service in Korea, Vietnam, and Thailand in support of operations in Vietnam, as well as his award of the Vietnam Service Medal.