IG Report Makes Public The Reasons Why One Of The Most Senior Women In The US Air Force Was Fired Early This Year

Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop poses for a photo in front of an F-22 Raptor at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., Feb. 1, 2019, during the filming of a recruitment ad. Dunlop was removed from her position as director of the Defense Department's Special Access Programs Central Office in May 2019. (Kenji Thuloweit/Air Force)

Daily Mail: Groundbreaking female U.S. Air Force pilot who was the first woman to fly an F-22 and oversaw the Pentagon's top secret projects was fired for 'scolding subordinates like children' and 'creating borderline abusive environment'

* Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop was one of the most senior women in the Air Force
* In August 2018 she was made head of Special Access Programs Control Office
* SAPCO oversees some of the military's closest-held secret programs
* Dunlop was fired nine months later, in May 2019, and reassigned
* An Inspector General's report in January 2020 told of a toxic environment
* Dunlop made employees cry, gave them sleepless nights and humiliated them
* Dunlop's lawyer says she is making an effort to mend her ways

One of the highest-ranking female pilots in the U.S. Air Force berated and belittled her subordinates, reducing them to tears at times, according to an internal investigation that led to her firing.

Maj. Gen. Dawn Dunlop was the first woman to become a fighter test pilot, fly an F-22, and command a test wing.

A 1988 graduate of the Air Force Academy, Dunlop has logged more than 3,500 hours flying aircraft including F-15, F-16 and F-22 fighters, according to the Air Force.

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WNU Editor: She did not last long.

More On The IG Report Outlining The Reasons Why One Of The Most Senior Women In The US Air Force Was Fired Early This Year

Maj. Gen. Dunlop created toxic environment in top secret program office, IG finds -- Air Force Times
High-ranking Air Force female fighter pilot fostered toxic environment as leader of secret Pentagon office, IG finds -- Stars and Stripes
Fired Air Force general created 'borderline abusive' work environment, report finds -- Task & Purpose
The Air Force's highest-ranking woman fighter pilot has been fired from running the office that oversees top secret programs -- Business Insider/Military Times