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Women in the Military & Women Veterans
News ________________________________________________________________________
Air Force Major General Margaret Woodward: first woman to lead U.S. air war
March 29 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Air
Force general directing the airstrikes over Libya has flown aerial tankers into
battle and commanded the pilots of Air Force One -- and is now the first woman
to lead a combat air campaign.
Major General Margaret Woodward, 51, was in charge of the 17th Air Force, a unit that supports humanitarian and peacekeeping missions in Africa, when she was ordered to set up the United Nations-sanctioned no-fly zone over Libya.
Read the full story on the Bloomberg Businessweek site ________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________ WREI's Women in the Military project was established in 1990 to provide information and policy analysis on issues important to military women and women veterans to government policy makers, scholars, the media, the media, and the general public. For more information about WREI's Women in the Military Project contact: Project Director (202) 280-2719, |
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