Brigadier General Adriel Newton Williams (August 11, 1916 – July 8, 2004) was a United States Air Force Brigadier General who was Director of Transportation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C.[1] Williams was born 1916 in Shelby County, Kentucky.

These included the Normandy invasion (D-Day), of southern France, the Nijmegen-Eindhoven, the Netherlands operation, resupply to the beleaguered 101st in Bastogne, and the crossing of the Rhine.

He was reassigned as commanding officer, 374th Troop Carrier Wing, Tachikawa Air Base, Japan, in March 1954, in which during the period the unit saw operation in the French Indo-Chinese War.

[1] Upon his return from his duty in Japan, Williams was assigned to command the 314th Troop Carrier Wing, Sewart Air Force Base, Tennessee.

General Williams assumed duties as director of Transportation, Headquarters U.S. Air Force in Washington, D.C. in August 1966.

[1] His military decorations include the Legion of Merit with two oak leaf clusters, Distinguished Flying Cross with three oak leaf clusters, Air Medal, Presidential Unit Citation, French Croix de Guerre with Palm, and The Most Exalted Order of the White Elephant, Thailand.