Janet C. Wolfenbarger

Janet Wolfenbarger (2013)

Janet Carol Wolfenbarger (born 1958 in Beavercreek , Ohio ) is a former general in the United States Air Force (USAF). From June 5, 2012 to June 8, 2015, she was in command of Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC), a major USAF command based at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base , Ohio.

Wolfenbarger is the first woman to hold the rank of general in the US Air Force and the second female general in the United States Armed Forces after Ann Dunwoody , who headed the US Army Materiel Command from 2008 to 2012 .

Education and career

Wolfenbarger graduated from the United States Air Force Academy , Colorado , with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1980 , and then went on to serve as an intelligence analyst at Eglin Air Force Base , Florida .

Wolfenbarger's further education includes Masters 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

Wolfenbarger with Chief of Staff of the Air Force Norton A. Schwartz at the handover of the AFMC's command flag on June 5, 2012

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 in that capacity was promoted to Brigadier General on February 1, 2006 . This was followed by a position as Special Assistant for Command Transformation to the Commander at the AFMC headquarters at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, from January 2007 on with additional responsibility for the Intelligence and Requirements Directorate . From July 2008 she headed this department as director for a good one and a half years, and from June 2009 onwards with the rank of major general .

Half a year later, in December 2009, she was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed deputy commander of the AFMC; she held this post until September 2011 and was then transferred again to the Pentagon as Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition for nine months .

On February 6, 2012, US President Barack Obama nominated Wolfenbarger to succeed Donald J. Hoffman as AFMC Commander. The Senate confirmed the nomination on March 26th, Wolfenbarger finally took command on June 5th of the same year; their promotion to general took place as part of the transfer of command.

On June 8, 2015 Wolfenbarger handed over the command of the AFMC to General Ellen M. Pawlikowski and took effect on 1 July of that year in retirement .

Promotions

rank	date
Second lieutenant	May 28, 1980
First lieutenant	May 28, 1982
Captain	May 28, 1984
major	January 1, 1990
Lieutenant Colonel	June 1, 1993
Colonel	September 1, 1998
Brigadier General	February 1, 2006
Major General	June 26, 2009
Lieutenant General	December 3, 2009
general	5th June 2012

Awards

Selection of decorations, sorted based on the Order of Precedence of Military Awards :

• Air Force Distinguished Service Medal
• Legion of Merit with oak leaves
• Meritorious Service Medal with triple oak leaves
• Air Force Commendation Medal
• Air Force Achievement Medal

See also

• Ranks of the United States Armed Forces
• List of active generals and admirals in the United States Armed Forces

Web links

Commons : Janet C. Wolfenbarger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of the AFMC

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Dobuzinskis, Alex et al. Gaynor, Tim: Obama nominates Air Force's first female four-star general. reuters.com dated February 6, 2012 (last accessed December 25, 2012).
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Biography of Wolfenbarger at the USAF (English; last accessed on December 25, 2013).
3. ↑ Senate confirms new AFMC vice commander. ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs Report, December 4, 2009 (last accessed December 25, 2013).  
4. ↑ Press release from the Ministry of Defense of February 6, 2012 (last accessed on December 25, 2013).
5. ↑ Press release of the Senate of March 26, 2012 (English; last accessed on January 1, 2014).
6. ↑ Dawley, Kim: Gen. Wolfenbarger receives fourth star, assumes leadership of AFMC. ( Memento of the original from February 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs June 5, 2012 (last accessed December 25, 2013).  
7. ^ Bowden, Kim: Pawlikowski assumes leadership of Air Force Materiel Command.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Air Force Materiel Command Public Affairs June 8, 2015 (last accessed August 6, 2015).