Editing Charles Edward Jones (section)

== Life ==
Charles Edward Jones was born November 8, 1952, in [[Clinton, Indiana]]. He graduated from [[Wichita East High School]] in 1970, earned a [[Bachelor of Science]] degree in [[Astronautics|Astronautical Engineering]] from the [[United States Air Force Academy]] in 1974, and received a [[Master of Science]] degree in [[Astronautics]] from [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]] in 1980. He entered the USAF [[Manned Spaceflight Engineer]] program in 1982,<ref name="spacefacts">{{cite web|url=http://www.spacefacts.de/bios/astronauts/english/jones_charles.htm|title=Astronaut Biography: Charles Jones|website=Space Facts|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref> and was scheduled to fly on mission [[Canceled Space Shuttle missions|STS-71-B]] in December 1986, but the mission was canceled after the [[Space Shuttle Challenger|''Challenger'' Disaster]] in January 1986. He left the Manned Spaceflight Engineer program in 1987.<ref name="collectspace">{{cite web|url=http://www.collectspace.com/news/news-091501a.html|title=MSE astronaut among 9/11 hijacked victims|website=collectspace.com|access-date=June 24, 2013}}</ref>

He later worked for [[Defense Intelligence Agency]], [[Bolling Air Force Base]] in [[Washington, D.C.]], and was Systems Program Director for Intelligence and Information Systems, [[Hanscom Air Force Base]], [[Massachusetts]].<ref name="spacefacts"/> Jones later was the manager of space programs for [[BAE Systems]].<ref name="WMUR">{{cite web|url=https://www.wmur.com/article/september-11-victims-new-hampshire/37530220|title=Honoring the 9/11 victims with ties to New Hampshire|website=WMUR-TV|date=September 11, 2023 |access-date=September 23, 2023}}</ref>

Jones was killed at the age of 48 in the attacks of September 11, 2001, aboard [[American Airlines Flight 11]]. Jones was flying that day on a routine business trip for BAE Systems, and had been living as a retired [[United States Air Force|U.S. Air Force]] colonel in [[Bedford, Massachusetts]], at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife Jeanette.<ref name="spacefacts"/><ref name="WMUR"/>

At the [[National 9/11 Memorial]], Jones is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-74.<ref>[http://names.911memorial.org/#lang=en_US&page=person&id=4423 Charles Edward Jones] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130727095710/http://names.911memorial.org/|date=2013-07-27}} Memorial Guide: [[National 9/11 Memorial]] Retrieved December 11, 2011</ref>

[[File:12.6.11CharlesEdwardJonesPanelN-74ByLuigiNovi5.jpg|thumb|upright=1.0|left|Jones' name is located on Panel N-74 of the [[National September 11 Memorial]]'s [[Lake North Pole|North Pool]], along with those of other passengers of Flight 11.]]