[TigersEye]

One thing I have never heard, one way or the other, is when Project Gunrunner began. It’s the agency-wide umbrella that F&F, Castaway and other as-yet-unnamed operations were run under the 0bama/Holder regime. I don’t know if the name was used before 0bama or not.

[Red Steel]

Yes, Project Gunrunner was the large umbrella operation for many other operation, and Fast and Furious was a sub-operation ran from the BATFE Phoenix, AZ Division under Project Gunrunner.

Here you go. This website has an excellent timeline of what happened when:

The Gunwalker Scandal: Overview and Timeline