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MAJOR GENERAL JANET C. WOLFENBARGER
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Maj. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger is Director,
Intelligence and Requirements, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command,
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. She leads the directorate which
shapes and enables AFMC to develop technology and materiel solutions,
and provides tailored science and technology intelligence to
Headquarters AFMC senior staff.
General Wolfenbarger entered the U.S. Air Force Academy with the first
class of women in 1976. She was commissioned a second lieutenant in
1980 and began her career in acquisition as an engineer at Eglin Air
Force Base, Fla. The general has held a variety of assignments at
headquarters Electronic Security Command and Air Force Systems Command.
She has 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. The general has also commanded the ASC's
C-17 Systems Group, Mobility Systems Wing, and was Director of the Air
Force Acquisition Center of Excellence.
EDUCATION
1980 Bachelor of Science degree in engineering sciences, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
1983 Squadron Officer School, by correspondence
1985 Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge
1988 Program Management Course, Defense Systems Management College, Fort Belvoir, Va.
1991 Air Command and Staff College, by correspondence
1994 Master of Science degree in national resource strategy, Industrial
College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley
J. McNair, Washington, D.C.
ASSIGNMENTS
1. July 1980 - August 1981, technical intelligence analyst, Armament Division, Eglin AFB, Fla.
2. August 1981 - July 1983, communication systems development officer, Electronic Security Command, Kelly AFB, Texas
3. July 1983 - December 1984, student, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Mass.
4. December 1984 - October 1987, Chief, Strategic Offense Weapons
Branch, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews AFB, Md.
5. October 1987 - September 1988, executive officer, Headquarters Air Force Systems Command, Andrews AFB, Md.
6. September 1988 - July 1993, Chief, Plans and Strategies Division;
Chief, Air Vehicle Analysis and Integration Team; and Chief, F-22
Subsystems Team, F-22 System Program Office, Aeronautical Systems
Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
7. July 1993 - June 1994, student, Industrial College of the Armed
Forces, National Defense University, Fort Lesley J. McNair, Washington,
D.C.
8. June 1994 - June 1997, Lead F-22 Program Element Monitor, Office of
the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon,
Washington, D.C.
9. June 1997 - April 2000, Chief, B-2 Air Vehicle Team, B-2 SPO, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
10. April 2000 - December 2002, B-2 System Program Director, B-2 SPO, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
11. December 2002 - July 2005, Commander, C-17 Systems Group, Mobility Systems Wing, ASC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
12. August 2005 - July 2006, Director, Air Force Acquisition Center of
Excellence, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for
Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
13. August 2006 - January 2007, Special Assistant for Command
Transformation to the Commander, Headquarters Air Force Materiel
Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
14. January 2007 - July 2008, Director, Intelligence and Requirements
Directorate, and Special Assistant for Command Transformation to the
Commander, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
15. July 2008 - present, Director, Intelligence and Requirements Directorate, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATION
Legion of Merit with oak leaf cluster
Meritorious Service Medal with three oak leaf clusters
Air Force Commendation Medal
Air Force Achievement Medal
Air Force Organizational Excellence Award with silver oak leaf cluster
OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
1996 Kelly Burke Award, Department of the Air Force
2002 and 2004 Stewart Award, Aeronautical Systems Center
EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION
Second Lieutenant May 28, 1980
First Lieutenant May 28, 1982
Captain May 28, 1984
Major Jan. 1, 1990
Lieutenant Colonel June 1, 1993
Colonel Sept. 1, 1998
Brigadier General Feb. 1, 2006
Major General June 26, 2009
(Current as of June 2009)
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