Janet C. Wolfenbarger

Janet Carol Wolfenbarger (née Libby; born 1958) is a retired United States Air Force four-star general who served as the eighth commander of Air Force Materiel Command from June 5, 2012, to June 8, 2015.

She was the first woman to achieve the rank of four-star general in the Air Force.

[2] Along with her various duty assignments she furthered her education with a Master of Science degree in aeronautics and astronautics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1985 and another Master of Science degree in national resource strategy from Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1994.

Her major awards and decorations include the Legion of Merit and the Meritorious Service Medal.

[4] On February 6, 2012, President Obama nominated Wolfenbarger to become the first woman four-star general for the Air Force.

Wolfenbarger is pinned with her fourth star by her daughter, Callie, and her husband, retired Col. Craig Wolfenbarger on June 5, 2012.