> Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:54:56 -0800
> From: helms_susanjane@yahoo.com
> Subject: Hey
>
> Hey Dear,
> Thanks for your reply towards my email, my dear I decided to establish a cordial relationship with you after having a convinced mind, and there is a reason why I felt secured to move with you, first of all I will like to use this media to give you a little introduction about myself with attachment of my picture just to enable you take a nice view on me. May it interest you to know that i am presently writing you from the war zone in Afghanistan due to the existing crisis in the country?
> I am Lt. Gen. Susan Jane Helms, Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command; and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, U.S. Strategic Command, Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As the U.S. Air Force's operational space component to USSTRATCOM, I leads more than 20,500 personnel responsible for providing missile warning, space superiority, space situational awareness, satellite operations, space launch and range operations. As Commander, JFCC SPACE, i also direct all assigned and attached USSTRATCOM space forces providing tailored, responsive, local and global space effects in support of national, USSTRATCOM and combatant commander objectives.
> I was commissioned from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1980. I was served as an F-15 and F-16 weapons separation engineer and a flight test engineer. As a flight test engineer, i also has flown in 30 types of U.S. and Canadian military aircraft. Also served as project officer on the CF-18 aircraft as a U.S. Air Force Exchange Officer to the Canadian Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment.
> Selected by NASA in January 1990, I became an astronaut in July 1991. On Jan. 13, 1993, then an Air Force major and a member of the space shuttle Endeavor crew, I became the first U.S. military woman in space. I flew on STS-54 (1993), STS-64 (1994), STS-78 (1996) and STS-101 (2000), and served aboard the International Space Station as a member of the Expedition-2 crew (2001). A veteran of five space flights, I also has logged 211 days in space, including a spacewalk of eight hours and 56 minutes, a world record. I commanded the 45th Space Wing at Patrick AFB, Fla. My staff assignments include tours at Headquarters Air Force Space Command, Air Education and Training Command, and U.S. Strategic Command.
> EDUCATION:
> 1980 Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo. 1985 Master of Science degree in aeronautics/astronautics, Stanford University, Calif. 1988 Flight Test Engineer Course, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
> ASSIGNMENTS:
> 1. July 1980 - March 1984, F-15/F-16 weapons separation engineer, Air Force Armament Laboratory, Eglin AFB, Fla.
> 2. March 1984 - June 1985, graduate student, Stanford University, Calif.
> 3. July 1985 - December 1987, assistant professor of aeronautics, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo.
> 4. January 1988 - December 1988, student, USAF Test Pilot School, Edwards AFB, Calif.
> 5. January 1989 - June 1990, CF-18 flight test engineer, Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment, Canadian Forces Base, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
> 6. July 1990 - July 2002, astronaut, Johnson Space Center, Houston, Texas
> 7. July 2002 - June 2004, Chief, Space Superiority Division, Directorate of Requirements, Headquarters U.S. Air Force Space Command, Colorado Springs, Colo.
> 8. June 2004 - February 2005, Vice Commander, 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla.
> 9. March 2005 - May 2006, Deputy Director, Operations (Technical Training), Headquarters Air Education and Training Command, Randolph AFB, Texas
> 10. June 2006 - October 2008, Commander, 45th Space Wing, Patrick AFB, Fla.
> 11. November 2008 - January 2011, Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb.
> 12. January 2011 - present, Commander, 14th Air Force (Air Forces Strategic), Air Force Space Command, and Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, USSTRATCOM, Vandenberg AFB, Calif.
> SUMMARY OF JOINT ASSIGNMENTS:
> 1. November 2008 - January 2011, Director of Plans and Policy, U.S. Strategic Command, Offutt AFB, Neb., as a major general
> 2. January 2011 - present, Commander, Joint Functional Component Command for Space, USSTRATCOM, Vandenberg AFB, Calif., as a lieutenant general
> MAJOR AWARDS AND DECORATIONS:
> Defense Superior Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
> Legion of Merit with three oak leaf clusters
> Defense Meritorious Service Medal with two oak leaf clusters
> Meritorious Service Medal with oak leaf cluster
> Air Force Commendation Medal
> NASA Distinguished Service Medal
> NASA Outstanding Leadership
> Medal
> OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS:
> 1983 Junior Engineer of the Year, Air Force Armament Laboratory
> 1988 Distinguished graduate, USAF Test Pilot School, and winner of the R.L. Jones Award for Outstanding Flight Test Engineer
> 1990 Aerospace Engineering Test Establishment Commanding Officer's Commendation, Canadian Forces, Canada
> 1996 Outstanding Young Houstonian
> 2002 Women in Aerospace Outstanding Achievement Award
> 2008 Dr. Kurt H. Debus Award for Aerospace Achievements and Contributions in Florida
> 2008 Thomas D. White Space Award for Outstanding Contributions to Space
> 2011 inducted into the U.S. Astronaut Hall of Fame
> EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROMOTION:
> Second Lieutenant May 28, 1980
> First Lieutenant May 28, 1982
> Captain May 28, 1984
> Major Oct. 1, 1991
> Lieutenant Colonel March 1, 1994
> Colonel Feb. 1, 2000
> Brigadier General June 23, 2006
> Major General Aug. 2, 2009
> Lieutenant General Jan. 21, 2011
> My dear I have told you all about me, so I hope to read from you soonest.
> Yours Faithfully
> Gen. Susan Jane Helms.