James Wayne Wood (August 9, 1924 – January 1, 1990), (Col, USAF), was an American aeronautical engineer, U.S. Air Force officer, test pilot, and astronaut in the X-20 Dyna-Soar program.

[1] Wood earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Aeronautical Engineering from the U.S. Air Force Institute of Technology in 1954.

Wood served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during World War II, and flew 10 combat missions.

Wood later was test pilot and Director of Operations, Tracor Flight Systems Inc., in Newport Beach, California.

Wood served as the 1975 president of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and was a Fellow of the organization.