Donna D. Shipton

Donna D. Shipton
Official portrait, 2022
Bornc. 1970 (age 53–54)
Sumter, South Carolina[1]
AllegianceUnited States
BranchUnited States Air Force
Years of service1992–present
RankLieutenant General
CommandsAir Force Life Cycle Management Center
Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office
Network Operations Group, NRO
Space Communications Operations Squadron, NRO
AwardsAir Force Distinguished Service Medal
Defense Superior Service Medal
Legion of Merit (2)

Donna D. Shipton (born c. 1970) is a United States Air Force lieutenant general who serves as commander of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. The center is responsible for total life cycle management for aircraft, engines, munitions, electronic, computer, network, cyber and agile combat support systems. The center employs more than 28,000 people and has a budget of over $300 billion. Previously she served as military deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics.

Shipton also served as the deputy director and commander of the Space Force Element to the National Reconnaissance Office.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ "1991 Taps : Clemson University". Tigerprints.clemson.edu. Retrieved February 20, 2022.
  2. ^ "Major General Donna D. Shipton". US Air Force. September 2020. Archived from the original on April 18, 2021. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  3. ^ "Summer 2019 brings leadership change across Air Force Materiel Command". Dayton Daily News. June 14, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2020.
  4. ^ Erwin, Sandra (February 13, 2020). "F-35 program official named No. 2 at Space and Missile Systems Center". SpaceNews. Retrieved July 14, 2020.