She's the first woman in the Air Force to lead a B-52 squadron and she's at Barksdale
Staff Reports
U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Vanessa Wilcox became commander of the 96th Bomb Squadron, of the 2d Operations Group, during a change-of-command ceremony on April 21, marking her as the first female B-52 squadron commander.
Change-of-command ceremonies serve as the official transferring of command duties and responsibilities between the incoming and outgoing commander.
Wilcox is a B-52H Weapon Systems Officer with more than 1500 hours including multiple deployments to the Pacific. She most recently served as the Deputy Group Commander for the 2d Mission Support Group on the installation. Before that, she served as the Director of Operations for the 20th Bomb Squadron.
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