The Air Force selected TSgt. Jennifer Hellwig as its Aircrew Life Support NCO for 2005. Hellwig, who is assigned to the 353rd Special Operations Group, Kadena AB, Japan, is a 15-year veteran of the life support career field who says the best aspects of the work are “interaction with the aircrew and augmenting combat and water survival.”
The U.K. and the U.S. will continue to enjoy access to the ports, airfield, and workshops at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean for at least another century, under a deal inked between the U.K. and Mauritius May 22.