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Originally published February 6, 2012 at 4:40 PM | Page modified February 6, 2012 at 9:47 PM
Obama nominates the first female 4-star general in U.S. Air Force
Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger is military deputy in the office of the Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition at the Pentagon.
Bloomberg News
WASHINGTON — President Obama nominated Air Force Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger to be the service's first female four-star general and the military's second woman to reach the highest rank.
The position is subject to Senate confirmation.
The first woman with four stars in the U.S. military, Army Gen. Ann Dunwoody, was confirmed in 2008 and is commanding general of that service's Materiel Command.
Wolfenbarger is military deputy in the office of the Air Force assistant secretary for acquisition at the Pentagon.
Wolfenbarger previously served as vice commander of the Materiel Command, which conducts research, development and testing and manages acquisition and logistics for war. The command is at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.
Wolfenbarger was commissioned in 1980 as a graduate of the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.
She has held positions in several command headquarters, the F-22 fighter jet program and the B-2 bomber program.
