Air Force’s First Female 4-Star Takes Command

June 5, 2012
Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger—the Air Force’s first female four-star general—assumes command of Air Force Materiel Command, headquartered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.

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