Terry Gabreski

Terry Lee Gabreski
Lieutenant General Terry L. Gabreski
Birth name	Terry Lee Walter
Born	1952 (age 64–65)
Allegiance	United States of America
Service/branch	United States Air Force
Years of service	1974 – 2010
Rank	Lieutenant General
Commands held	Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center
Battles/wars	Operation Allied Force
Awards	Air Force Distinguished Service Medal Defense Superior Service Medal Legion of Merit (2) Meritorious Service Medal (8) Joint Service Commendation Medal (2) Air Force Commendation Medal National Defense Service Medal (3) Global War on Terrorism Service Medal Korea Defense Service Medal Humanitarian Service Medal
Spouse(s)	Col. Donald Gabreski USAF(ret.)
Relations	Gabby Gabreski (father-in-law)

Terry Lee (Walter) Gabreski (born 1952) was the second woman to hold the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force (USAF). She was the Vice Commander, Air Force Materiel Command,Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, which conducts research, development, test and evaluation, and provides acquisition management and logistics support necessary to keep Air Force weapon systems ready for war. She is the daughter of retired Air Force Brigadier General Alonzo Walter and the daughter-in-law of World War II and Korean War fighter ace Colonel Gabby Gabreski. She was the U.S. Air Force's highest-ranking active duty woman until retiring on 1 January 2010, succeeded by Lt. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger.

Gabreski was born Terry Lee Walter in 1952, the daughter of United States Air Force Brigadier General Alonzo J. Walter, Jr., then a test pilot, and Doris Walter, who had also been a commissioned officer. After completing her Bachelor of Arts degree in history at Louisiana State University, where she was a member of Delta Delta Delta, Gabreski joined the USAF, attended Air Force Officer Training School, and was commissioned a second lieutenant on 10 September 1974. She later received a Master of Public Administration degree from Golden Gate University in 1978. Gabreski also attended the Executive Program for Senior Officials in National Security which was conducted in 1994 by the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass and the General Manager Program, Harvard Business School, Cambridge, Mass in 2002.