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    HomeAbout UsBiographiesDisplay      121219-F-JZ006-881.JPGEngage On
        
        121219-F-JZ006-881.JPGGENERAL JANET C. WOLFENBARGERGen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger serves as Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. The command employs some 80,000 people and manages $60 billion annually, executing the critical mission of warfighter support through leading-edge science and technology, cradle-to-grave life cycle weapon systems management, world-class developmental test and evaluation, and world-class depot maintenance and supply chain management.
General Wolfenbarger was commissioned in 1980 as a graduate of the U.S. Air Force Academy, and began her career in acquisition as an engineer at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. She has held a variety of assignments at headquarters Electronic Security Command and Air Force Systems Command.
The general 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, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She commanded ASC's C-17 Systems Group, Mobility Systems Wing. She was the Service's Director of the Air Force Acquisition Center of Excellence at the Pentagon, then served as Director of the Headquarters AFMC Intelligence and Requirements Directorate, Wright-Patterson AFB. She served as AFMC vice commander from December 2009 to September 2011. 
Prior to her current assignment, General Wolfenbarger was the Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.**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.
2013 Honorary Doctorate, Doctor of Humane Letters, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio  **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 - December 2009, Director, Intelligence and Requirements Directorate, Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
16. December 2009 - September 2011, Vice Commander, Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio
17. September 2011 - June 2012, Military Deputy, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, the Pentagon, Washington, D.C.
18. June 2012 - present, Commander, Air Force Materiel Command, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio**MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS**Distinguished Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
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 eight oak leaf clusters
National Defense Service Medal with bronze star
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal**OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS**1996 Kelly Burke Award, Department of the Air Force 
2002 and 2004 Stewart Award, Aeronautical Systems Center, Air Force Materiel Command
2013 United Service Organizations (USO) Woman of the Year
2014 James Doolittle Award, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Security Studies Program
2014 Seymour E. and Ruth B. Harris Lecturer, John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University
2015 Air Force Materiel Command Order of the Sword
**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 
Lieutenant General Dec. 3, 2009
General June 5, 2012
(Current as of June 2015)
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