• Getting fueled for the mission

    When pilots prepare to take off, they know one thing above all: there's a full tank of gas. The 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron's fuel management flight takes pride in ensuring all aircraft and vehicles receive the proper fuel and required amount to fulfill the mission. This key resource enables

  • Stepping in

    About this time two years ago, our Air Force was making national news in the wake of reported sexual assaults in the ranks. Still more troubling was the estimated magnitude of unreported assaults and the unwillingness of bystanders to intervene or report them.As part of the effort to combat

  • Running life

    My commander leaves us this summer and I felt compelled to share with you a little about him that you may have not known and I thought was cool. The gentleman I am describing is Maj. Jason Kalin, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander.  Interesting fact: he has participated and completed one

  • Global Strike Airmen join forces, discuss resiliency

    Airmen from Air Force Global Strike Command, and its numbered air forces and wings formed a Resiliency Tiger Team here, March 31 to April 1.Created to empower Global Strike Airmen, the Resiliency Tiger Team provides an outlet for airmen to voice their ideas on combatting real life issues with

  • Breaking a sweat at the fitness center

    When you first walk into the fitness center, you can hear sounds of equipment and enthusiasm echoing throughout the facility. People perform heart pumping, adrenaline rushing and sweat breaking exercises in order to maintain fitness standards and achieve set goals. Intense facial expressions are

  • AF realigns B-1, LRS-B under Air Force Global Strike Command

    The Secretary and Chief of Staff of the Air Force have directed the realignment of the Air Force's B-1 bomber fleets and Long Range Strike-Bomber program from Air Combat Command to Air Force Global Strike Command, effective Oct. 1.The move will realign the Air Force's core mission of global strike

  • Surviving, learning to live

    Red and blue lights surround my house. My biological mother is in tears and her boyfriend is yelling at the men with shiny badges and guns on their hips. My siblings and I are sitting on the couch, quietly.My life was about to change dramatically.My mother was at a young age when she found out she

  • Great futures start here: Whiteman teen wins Youth of the Year honor

    Darin Hattig is scheduled to compete in Jefferson City, Mo., in April for Missouri Military Youth of the Year. Youth of the Year is a scholarship competition through the Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA). Darin is our local winner from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Darin will receive a $300