Janet C. Wolfenbarger
Janet Carol Wolfenbarger (* 1958 in Beaver Creek, Ohio) is a general of the United States Air Force ( USAF) and since June 5, 2012 Befehlshaberin of the Air Force Materiel Command ( AFMC ), a major command of the USAF, based at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
Wolfenbarger is the first woman, who held the rank of General in the U.S. Air Force, and to Ann Dunwoody, the U.S. Army Materiel Command initiated between 2008 and 2012, the second female general in the armed forces of the United States at all.
Education and Career
Wolfenbarger in 1980 to study at the United States Air Force Academy, Colorado, with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences from and appeared in the port as intelligence analyst at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, to active duty.
Wolfenbarger additional training includes, among other Master's degrees in Aeronautics and Astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1985) and in National Resource Strategy from the National Defense University (1994). Janet Wolfenbarger is married to Craig Wolfenbarger.
Service in the rank of general
Between August 2005 and July 2006 Wolfenbarger served as Director Air Force Acquisition Center of Excellence in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition at the Pentagon and was promoted in this role on 1 February 2006 to brigadier general. Following use as Special Assistant for Command Transformation to the Commander followed the headquarters of the AFMC at Wright - Patterson Air Force Base, from January 2007, with additional responsibility for the Department of Intelligence and Requirements Directorate. It is this department she headed from July 2008 one and a half years as director from June 2009 with the rank of major general.
Half a year later, in December 2009, she was promoted to Lieutenant General and appointed Deputy Befehlshaberin of AFMC; this post she held until September 2011 and was then shifted for nine months again as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for acquisition into the Pentagon.
On February 6, 2012 U.S. President Barack Obama nominated Wolfenbarger to succeed Donald J. Hoffman as Befehlshaberin of AFMC. The Senate confirmed the nomination on March 26, Wolfenbarger took command finally on June 5 of that year; their promotion to General made under the command transfer.
Promotions
Awards
Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards:
- Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
- Legion of Merit with oak leaf
- Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf triple
- Air Force Commendation Medal
- Air Force Achievement Medal