President Obama has nominated Lt. Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger to receive a fourth star for her next assignment as commander of Air Force Materiel Command at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, announced the Pentagon on Monday. With the Senate’s nod, Wolfenbarger would become the Air Force’s first-ever female four-star general, USAF officials confirmed to the Daily Report. She would replace Gen. Donald Hoffman, who has led AFMC since November 2008 and is expected to retire from the Air Force after some 38 years of service. Since September, Wolfenbarger has been the military deputy in the Air Force Secretariat’s acquisition shop. She is no stranger to AFMC, having served at its vice commander from December 2009 to September 2011 and completed several senior assignments there, such as overseeing the B-2 System Program Office and commanding the C-17 Systems Group. (See also AFPS report by Lisa Daniel.)
The Air Force and Boeing agreed to a nearly $2.4 billion contract for a new lot of KC-46 aerial tankers on Nov. 21. The deal, announced by the Pentagon, is for 15 new aircraft in Lot 11 at a cost of $2.389 billion—some $159 million per tail.