First female Air Force four-star … by Aerotech News • February 28, 2020 10:02 am - Updated February 26, 2020 10:09 am Courtesy photo Gen. Janet Wolfenbarger was a member of the first class of women at the U.S. Air Force Academy and the first Air Force female four-star general. She was promoted to general June 5, 2012, and served from 1980 to 2015.