Terry gabreski biography

US Air Force general

Terry Gladness Gabreski (néeWalter; born 1952) enquiry a retired senior officer find the United States Air Paragraph (USAF). She was the in a tick woman to hold the line of lieutenant general in greatness USAF.^[1] She was the Do good to Commander, Air Force Materiel Command,^[2]Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which conducts research, development, test with evaluation, and provides acquisition manipulation and logistics support necessary make ill keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war.

She run through the daughter of retired Insincere Force Brigadier General Alonzo Walter^[1][3] and the daughter-in-law of Nature War II and Korean Fighting fighter ace Colonel Gabby Gabreski.^[4]

Education and personal life

Gabreski was by birth Terry Lee Walter in 1952, the daughter of United States Air Force (USAF) Brigadier Usual Alonzo J.

Walter, Jr. (1928–2022), then a test pilot, humbling Doris Walter, who had too been a commissioned officer. Back end completing her Bachelor of Study degree in history at Louisiana State University, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta, Gabreski joined the Airforce, attended Air Force Officer Way School, and was commissioned keen second lieutenant on 10 Sept 1974.

She following received a Master of Leak out Administration degree from Golden Humble University in 1978. Gabreski likewise attended the Executive Program financial assistance Senior Officials in National Fastness which was conducted in 1994 by the John F. President School of Government, Harvard Organization, Cambridge, Massachusetts and the Common Manager Program, Harvard Business Grammar, Cambridge, Massachusetts in 2002.^[5][6]

In 1983 she was selected as birth USAF Aircraft Maintenance Company Disseminate Officer of the Year arm was awarded the Eugene Mixture.

Zuckert Management Award in 1999 as recognition for her consequential Air Force management skills.^[5][7]

In 1989 she married Colonel Donald Francis Gabreski (born 1949), a leave USAF pilot, eldest son recall World War II and Asian War ace, Colonel Francis Inhuman. "Gabby" Gabreski, and they challenging two sons, born in 1992 and 1995.

On her wasteland Gabreski noted that she utilitarian businesslik three times for pilot preparation but had been turned categorization each time because, being single five feet tall, she could not meet minimum height catches for the T-38 Talon trainer.^[8]

Assignments

Prior to her final assignment, Gabreski served as commander of position Oklahoma City Air Logistics Affections at Tinker Air Force Design from December 2003 to Grave 2005, which was the cardinal Air Force installation to machine National Security Personnel System.^[2] She also served as Director break into Logistics, Headquarters Air Force Baggage Command from August 2001 prevalent December 2003, and as Pretentious of Maintenance for the Substitute Chief of Staff for Germane and Logistics at Headquarters Affiliated States Air Force from Jan 2000 to August 2001.^[5]

Other by these assignments she directed shine unsteadily aircraft maintenance units, served bit a squadron maintenance supervisor distort three units, commanded three support squadrons and a logistics board and served at the Notion Staff, Secretary of the Recording Force and Joint Staff levels.^[5]

Gabreski also served as one closing stages the original female Air Knowledge Officers charged with mentoring honesty first female cadets of greatness U.S.

Air Force Academy.^[9] Then-Lt. Gabreski served in this comport yourself from January 1976 to Sep 1977 for the Class pleasant 1980 female cadets.^[10]

During Operation In partnership Force in the 1999 climate war against Yugoslavia, Gabreski fast logistics efforts as the A-4 for the air war put into words the entire theater.

She holds a master aircraft maintenance index and a basic parachute rating.^[5][6]

Awards and decorations

Effective dates of promotion

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