US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Jennifer Champion, 65th Medical Group, gets assistance from a National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Instructor, as she suits up in an authentic NASA spacesuit, at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. SRA Champion is one of several medical personnel receiving specialized training from members of the Department of Defense (DOD), Space Flight Support Office. Training is vital to Lajes medical personnel, due to the fact that it is one of the alternate emergency landing sites for the Space Shuttle
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Lajes Field
State: Azores
Country: Portugal (PRT)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Michelle Michaud, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
26/08/2003
Location
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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