Following his return from Vietnam, from April 1969 to January 1971, he was program director of the AGM-65 Maverick program and in February 1971 became Commander of the newly organized 4950th Test Wing, Aeronautical Systems Division at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Rushworth then served as Inspector General, Air Force Systems Command, Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, from May 1973 to February 1974. He also served as the Commander of the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, California, where his responsibilities included the major test programs, including the F-5, A-10, F-15, YF-16, YF-17 and B-1, and as the Commander of the Air Force Test and Evaluation Center at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico.