Margaret Woodward

official portrait of Margaret Woodward

Margaret H. Woodward (* 1960 ) is a former major general in the US Air Force .

Life

From March 2007 to January 2009 she was in command of the 89th Airlift Wing and therefore also responsible for the presidential aircraft, Air Force One . From March 2011 to April 2012 she worked as Befehlshaberin the 17th US Air Force ( US Air Forces Africa ) commander of the US Air Force in the war against Libya . She is the first woman to lead a US war effort. It was subordinate to AFRICOM based in Stuttgart . Despite her high rank, she still flew herself, e.g. B. the Lockheed C-130 transport aircraft . After completing her command, she was last assigned to the US Air Force headquarters as director of the Air Force Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. On April 1, 2014, she said goodbye to the US Air Force.

education

1982 Bachelor of Science in Aerospace Engineering from Arizona State University
1995 Air Command and Staff College at Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base
1997 Masters degree in aerospace engineering from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Florida
2001 Masters Degree in National Security Strategies from National War College , Fort Lesley J. McNair , Washington, DC

Promotions

date	Promotion to ...
October 20, 1982	Second lieutenant
20th October 1984	First lieutenant
October 20, 1986	Captain
October 1, 1994	major
January 1, 1998	Lieutenant Colonel
August 1, 2002	Colonel
June 24, 2008	Brigadier General
April 1, 2011	Major General