James Godwin

Born in Fort Worth, Texas and raised in San Antonio, Godwin graduated from Churchill High School in 1969.

[3] He was directly commissioned as an Ensign into the United States Navy and subsequently received his Naval Aviator wings in July 1975.

After detaching from VFA-192, he reported to the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) where he began his career in Navy acquisition.

In addition, Godwin co-led the NAVAIR Warfighter Focus Group, which was tasked with balancing near-term and future readiness of the aviation fleet.

These programs included delivering the cornerstone of Naval Aviation, F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, as well as the early operational fielding of the Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared, Multifunctional Information Distribution System, the Shared Reconnaissance Pod, Improved Capability III Airborne Electronic Attack system, and latest version of the AIM-9 Sidewinder missile, the AIM-9X.