COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- An airman with a secret security clearance at NORAD's Cheyenne Mountain often sold drugs out of his apartment, another airman testified at a court-martial hearing.

Senior Airman Jason A. Huchel faces 10 drug charges, including use and distribution of LSD, ecstasy, and the animal tranquilizer Ketamine. He is the central figure in a drug case involving at least 17 Air Force personnel in Colorado Springs. He faces a maximum sentence of 117 years in prison.

Airman Lisa Ann Hickenbottom testified on Tuesday that she bought ecstasy and LSD from Huchel several times.

"He told us he didn't want anyone to know what he was doing, especially his roommate," she said. "He said his roommate didn't know anything about it."

She faces a court-martial on drug charges and testified under immunity.

Agent Don Schwarzrock, of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations, testified that investigators initially did not find Huchel's stash in a search Dec. 22.

Schwarzrock said that when he approached Huchel afterward, Huchel's first words were, "So, I guess you found the drugs."

That prompted another search, during which Huchel showed agents where to find LSD and a bag with about 20 ecstasy pills in his bedroom.

Huchel then admitted receiving, possessing and distributing drugs, Schwarzrock told prosecutors.