Civilian retirees Published Nov. 21, 2007 By 509th Mission Support Squadron WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- The following Department of Defense civilians retired at Whiteman during the period July through September. Aug. 1 - Galen Smith, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron, 36 years of service Sept. 1 - Vicki Dickerson, 509th Contracting Squadron, 30 years of service Sept. 2 - Danny Brinkley, 442nd Maintenance Group, 24 years of service Sept. 30 - Charles McMullin, 509th CES, 33 years of service