• Sergeant thrives after overcoming health, image challenges

    She couldn't stand to look at herself in the mirror, so she put on her makeup in the dark.Even though every waking moment caused her pain, she would not accept the reality of who she had become.It was late in 2012 and throughout the past 25 months, Staff Sgt. Yecenia Caban-Jimenez had failed four

  • Repairing Airmen one muscle at a time

    The human body is composed of the cardiovascular, muscular, nervous, skeletal and respiratory systems. As complex as the body is, human beings are constantly building them up and breaking them down.At Whiteman Air Force Base, the 509th Medical Operations Squadron physical therapy clinic is the group

  • IPE: Equipping warfighters, saving lives

    (Editor's note: This is part two of a three-part series about sections of the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Material Management Flight)When Airmen deploy they rely on training they have received to survive all kinds of hazardous threats. Without the right equipment, however, that training may

  • MyMC2: Connecting Airmen with their base

    In the age of smartphones and mobile apps, Airmen can find nearly ev¬¬erything they need right at their fingertips. Since May 2012, the Air Force has offered an app that puts a list of base events right in their hands.The app is called "My Military Community," or MyMC2 for short. The app is a free

  • Delicate electronics create massive firepower

    The B-2 Spirit is the most feared weapons system on the planet, but it would not be if not for the 509th Maintenance Squadron avionics back shop team.The avionics team works around the clock repairing equipment to ensure the B-2's internal system maintains the capabilities needed to perform

  • Whiteman's 175 newest staff sergeants are ...

    The Air Force announced the results for the 2013 technical sergeant promotion cycle Aug. 1. The 11,212 selected represent 32.9 percent of the 34,078 eligible.The average score for those selected was 291.07. Selectees' average time in grade is 1.98 years and time in service is 4.51. The average

  • Protect yourself, your family from whooping cough

    In 2012, Missouri had an increase in confirmed and probable cases of pertussis. It is a year-round disease that typically peaks in the fall and winter during cold and flu season.Pertussis, or whooping cough, is a highly contagious, vaccine-preventable, respiratory disease that can be passed easily