Marcelite j. harris biography
Marcelite J. Harris was..
She was the first woman aircraft maintenance officer, one of the first two women air officers commanding at the U.S. Air Force Academy, and the first woman.
Major General Marcelite J. Harris
United States Air Force, Retired
Former Director of Maintenance, Deputy Chief of Staff, Logistics
Major General Marcelite Harris is a woman of "firsts." She was the first woman aircraft maintenance officer for the United States Air Force; she was the first woman deputy commander for maintenance; she was one of the first two women air officers commanding at the U.S.
Air Force Academy. General Harris served her entire 30+ year Air Force career as a woman with a mission to be the best. From September 1975-May 1978 she was a personnel staff officer and White House social aide, Headquarters U.S.
Air Force, Washington, D.C.
As Director of Maintenance, General Harris organized, trained and equipped a work force of more than 120,000 technicians and managers, and maintained a $260 billion plus Global Reach Global Power aerospace weapons systems inventory, She developed maintenance policy, ensuring the readiness of the single largest element of manpow