• Brothers in arms

    For many American families, children turn 18, head to college, move away and may only see their families once a year, if that. For those in the military or with a sibling in the military, it may be even less than that.Unlike these families, the Moensters had the opportunity to be in the same place

  • 2nd Lt. Gammon receives CGOC Bars and Stars Award

    U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Seth Gammon, second from left, an intel analyst assigned to the 509th Operations Support Squadron, receives a Whiteman Company Grade Officer Council (CGOC) Bars and Stars award from members of the CGOC and Col. Mark Ely, far right, the 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, at

  • AFGSC's Year of the Family: A little laughter goes a long way

    Maintainers are notorious for their sense of humor and ingenuity.You can only imagine the atmosphere when two decide to share a life together.For U.S. Air Force Capt. Justin Cassidy, the 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit officer in charge, and his wife of nearly four years, Capt. Renee Cassidy, the

  • JBMDL KC-10 refuels Whiteman B-2 Spirit

    JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J.  -- A KC-10 Extender from Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., refuels a B-2 Spirit from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, March 6. Tankers are critical to U.S. Strategic Command, and Air Mobility Command is the only Air Force command with trained Airmen

  • Your check engine light

    The Mental Health Clinic’s mission is to restore the psychological well-being and functioning of Airmen in distress, it is not to negatively impact the careers and lives of Airmen, nor facilitate the early separation of Airmen.

  • Ready to Roll: Whiteman holds base exercise

    Crew chiefs and weapons specialists assigned to the 509th and 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons look over the munitions handling unit (MHU)-204 trailer for defects while performing a visual inspection of the assets during a no-notice operational readiness exercise at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo.,

  • Air Force Medical Service 2016 Award Winners Announced

    The Air Force Surgeon General has announced the recipients of the Air Force Medical Service 2016 individual and team Annual Awards. The nominations submitted reflect the extraordinary quality of the Airmen in the Air Force Medical Service. The accomplishments of those recognized demonstrate

  • One click can make a difference

    Sometimes the answer isn’t as simple as we hope.Life inevitably has problems we haven’t faced before. They can manifest suddenly or appear over time.Sometimes they can get so overwhelming, a person loses hope.If you, or someone you know, is facing adversity and doesn’t know how to overcome it, there

  • 358th FS crew chiefs maintain KC Hawgs

    The Thunderbolt II can employ a wide variety of conventional munitions, including general purpose bombs, cluster bomb units, laser guided bombs, joint direct attack munitions (JDAM), wind corrected munitions dispenser (WCMD), AGM-65 Maverick and AIM-9 Sidewinder missiles, rockets, illumination

  • 407 AEG defenders forward deploy in fight against ISIS

    When 12 security forces Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base first received word of their deployment, they thought they knew what lay ahead.The U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen began their training to become a fly-away security team before their deployment in early December. As