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Margaret H.

Woodward is an American military officer and a major general in the United States Air Force. She left the region when she was about ten years old.

In 1982, Woodward graduated from the Arizona State University and joined the U.S. Air Force the year after. As such, she was the operational commander for the United States.

Woodward went on to command at both the group and wing level, and in March 2007, became the first woman to command the prestigious 89th Airlift Wing, home of Air Force One. Woodward was promoted to Brigadier General in September 2007, and moved to Vice Commander, 18th Air Force at Scott AFB, Illinois in January 2009.

She was involved the U.S. invasion of Panama, Operation Allied Force, Operations Northern and Southern Watch, Operation Enduring Freedom and missions during the Iraq War.

In 2007, she became commander of the 89th Airlift Wing, which includes responsibility for Air Force One, and in June 2010 became commander of the Seventeenth Air Force, the U.S.

Air Force branch of the United States Africa Command.

Education

1982: Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace engineering at the, Tempe

1995: Air Command and Staff College, Air University at Maxwell Air Force Base

1997: Master"s degree in aviation science, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, Daytona Beach, Florida

2001: Master"s degree in national security strategy, National War College in Fort Lesley J.

McNair, Washington, District of Columbia

Career

As commander of the 17th Air Force and United States. Born in Maryland in 1960, Woodward spent the first 10 years of her life in Pakistan and India, as she followed her father’s career in the State Department. Soon thereafter, the U.S. became militarily involved in Kosovo.

After handing over command of Seventeenth Air Force, she was posted Stateside.

Her Air Force official profile lists her appointments since as: September 2012 - June 2013, Air Force Chief of Safety, Headquarters United States., and Commander, Air Force Safety Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, North.M. She developed a love for flying at an early age, and by the time she was five knew she wanted to fly.

Earning her pilot wings in November 1983, she first instructed in the T-38, then transitioned to the KC-135 Stratotanker, where she served as an aircraft commander, instructor and evaluator. involvement in the 2011 military intervention in Libya, dubbed Operation Odyssey Dawn, before command of the whole operation was transferred to North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

The devastating effort consisted of over 2,100 sorties and 200 cruise-missile strikes, which destroyed 25 percent of Gaddafi’s military within two weeks. She returned to the Pentagon in May 2012, and completed her distinguished career as the Air Force Director of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response. For most of her career she flew aerial refueling aircraft such as the Boeing KC-135 Stratotanker, though she also has experience in the Boeing C-40 Clipper, the C-37 military version of the Gulfstream G550, and the T-37 and T-38 trainers.

Woodward’s role was historic, as both the first female and the first non-fighter or bomber pilot to serve as a CFACC.

As commander of the 17th Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, she was responsible for all US air actions that involved Africa.^[1] In March 2011, she commanded the air component of the US contribution to the no-fly zone over Libya, sanctioned by the United Nations, making her the first woman to oversee a U.S.

combat air campaign.^[2]

She retired on April 1, 2014. Designated OPERATION ODYSSEY DAWN, military action began on the night of 19 March 2011. On 17 March 2011, the United Nations voted to impose a no-fly zone over Libya and authorized member states to take all necessary measures to protect civilians.

As the U.S. military presence increased, she soon found herself in command of the largest tanker squadron since Vietnam.