• From the Frontline: Staff Sgt. Charles Holley

    Editor's note: "From the Frontline" is a weekly column highlighting currently deployed Team Whiteman members, or those who have recently returned from deployment. This week's deployed member is Staff Sgt. Charles Holley.America has been at war for eight years now, and the Airmen of Whiteman Air

  • Ethical values, setting the standard

    When I think of what is most important in our military careers, I tend to think back to the section in the Professional Development Guide concerning ethical values. Before each of us joined the military, we had our own interpretations and varying aspects of each one of them, but in basic training

  • Tis the safety season ...

    It's that time of the year, where most of us are preparing for those wonderful meals, putting up holiday decorations, and meeting and greeting with family and friends. It is easy for our thoughts to get wrapped up in everyday stressors and forget to add safety into the equation of planning and

  • From the Frontline: Capt. Michael Boswell

    "From the Frontline" is a weekly column highlighting currently deployed Team Whiteman members, or those who have recently returned from deployment. This week's deployed member is Capt. Michael Boswell.It would be easy to say that aircraft take servicemembers back and forth from their overseas

  • AFGSC working toward seamless transition with mission transfer

    Air Force Global Strike Command will gain missile wings at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, Wyo.; Malmstrom AFB, Mont.; and Minot AFB, N.D. when it assumes control of 20th Air Force and the ICBM mission Dec. 1. The 576th Flight Test Squadron at Vandenberg AFB, Calif., as well as the 625th Strategic

  • Whiteman firefighters victorious at 'Combat Challenge'

    Team Whiteman firefighters garnered various team and individual awards at the culmination of the five-day 2009 Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas Nov. 20.Thousands of firefighters from more than 600 fire departments, across the world and country, competed against each other in an array

  • Communication Focal Point - Keeping Whiteman connected

    Making up 75 percent of the 509th Communication Squadron, the members of the Communications Operations Flight, or CSO, help keep Whiteman connected.The team of more than 100 personnel is responsible for the Communication Focal Point, the centralized customer service center specifically designed

  • Cyber Monday brings alternative to black friday madness

    Black Friday has traditionally been a day-long battle for deals, with long lines, trampling deaths and fistfights to ring in the holiday season. While some may enjoy the barbaric gathering of gifts in this manner, others prefer to shop from the comfort of their keyboard. Thus, Cyber Monday was

  • COMACC sends holiday safety message

    In preparation for the 2009 holiday season, Gen. William M. Fraser III, commander of Air Combat Command, sent the following message to Airmen, emphasizing the importance of family, friends and safety.Fellow Airmen,The holiday season gives us the opportunity to spend time with family and friends,

  • Local robotics team tours 'The Spirit'

    A local robotics team took an up-close and personal look at the B-2 stealth bomber, here, Nov. 17. The Heartland Home Educators Stealth Robotics team, a group of 13 youth from the surrounding area, built a robot to compete in the Boosting Engineering Science and Technology series of competitions,