SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah National Guard is getting its first female general.
The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Col. Christine Burckle will be promoted to brigadier general and take command of the Utah Air National Guard on Saturday. Her promotion will be marked with a ceremony at Wright Air National Guard Base in Salt Lake City.
Burckle will be the Utah National Guard's first female general and will command 1,400 airmen in the 151st Air Refueling Wing.
Burckle received her commission from the University of North Carolina in 1988 and spent much of her career as a navigator on air refueling jets. She served in the 1991 Persian Gulf War, Bosnia and to Afghanistan.
