Thanks
for your reply towards my email, my dear I really want to establish a
long term relationship with you after I have gone through your profile
on the site, And my dear there is a reason why I choose to establish a
relationship with you, I will use this opportunity to tell you all about
myself. My dear I attach my picture to this email, so take a nice view
on them. Honey presently I am in Afghanistan at war zone for
peacekeeping mission due to the crisis here in Lybia.
I
am Lt. Gen. Susan J. 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 directs 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
Endeavour 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. Her 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
General Susan Helms.
