WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE, Ohio -- The president has nominated Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger, director of the Intelligence and Requirements Directorate at Air Force Materiel Command, for confirmation by the Senate to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment to the position of AFMC vice commander.
As vice commander of AFMC, she will be responsible for providing acquisition management and logistics support for a variety of Air Force aircraft and weapon systems. The command conducts research, development, test and evaluation of warfighter technology.
Wolfenbarger will succeed Lt. Gen. Terry L. Gabreski as AFMC vice commander. Gabreski retired after 35 years of Air Force service. The ceremony was held Nov. 20.
Wolfenbarger's previous assignments include special assistant for command transformation to the commander and director of the Intelligence and Requirements Directorate, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She has also held several positions in the F-22 System Program Office at Wright-Patterson AFB, served as the F-22 Lead Program Element monitor at the Pentagon, and was the B-2 System Program director for the Aeronautical Systems Center from April 2000 through December 2002.
She graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980 with a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences.
In 1985, she earned a Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She also earned a Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University at Ft. Lesley J. McNair in Washington, D.C.
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