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  • The COVID-19 vaccine has been mandated across the Department of Defense and despite its demonstrated effectiveness and safety, a host of myths have left some Airmen and Guardians hesitant to receive it. While social media posts and some news outlets may make it harder to keep up with what is fact or fiction, the science is clear … approved COVID-19 vaccines work. (U.S. Air Force graphic)

    Myths and facts about the vax — debunking common COVID-19 vaccine myths

    The COVID-19 vaccine has been mandated across the Department of Defense and despite its demonstrated effectiveness and safety, a host of myths have left some Airmen and Guardians hesitant to receive it. While social media posts and some news outlets may make it harder to keep up with what is fact or fiction, the science is clear … approved COVID-19 vaccines work.
  • A sign located at the entrance of the 509th Medical Group, directs pharmacy patients to the new curb side pharmacy pickup at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, March 20, 2020. The medical group’s pharmacy implemented curbside pickup pharmacy procedures. The new service allows individuals with called-in refills and activated prescriptions to park in a designated parking spots and have their prescriptions delivered to the car. This procedure is part of the effort to limit visiting the facility. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)

    509th Medical Group pharmacy implements new procedure

  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Hirantha De Mel, a crew chief with the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, watches a U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit bomber perform an engine run, March 11, 2016, in the U.S. Pacific Command area of operations. Strategic Command bombers regularly deploy to the Indo-Asia-Pacific region to conduct PACOM-led operations which provide leaders deterrence options to maintain regional stability. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joel Pfiester/Released)

    Airman's Edge: Whiteman AFB selected to launch peer-to-peer mentoring program

    Whiteman has been selected to be the first base to participate in Airman’s Edge, the proposed Air Force-wide version of Defender’s Edge. It is being run as a study to hopefully prove that it can be successful beyond Security Forces.
  • Marie Lisman and Capt. Stuart Shippee, a 393rd Bomb Squadron B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber pilot pose for a photo Aug. 31, 2019, in northern Missouri. Once he launched a few squadron coins with a weather balloon, Shippee gained the confidence to launch a ring approximately 90 thousand feet into the atmosphere to propose to his fiancée. (Courtesy Photo)

    A pilot’s proposal that’s out of this world

    It is not every day someone receives a proposal from outer space, but on Aug. 31, 2019, Capt. Stuart Shippee, a B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber pilot from the 393rd Bomb Squadron, used his piloting knowledge to take his marriage proposal to the next atmospheric level by using a weather balloon.The idea took form when Shippee saw others use weather
  • Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert, a photojournalist assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs office at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, poses for a portrait on Oct. 14, 2019, at the University of Central Missouri campus. Colbert uses her platform as a PA Airman to promote mental health awareness and boost Wing resilience. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

    Hope: My sword, shield in the battlefield

    As a young child, I routinely dealt with chronic depression. Due to my own ignorance and grave fear of what my family would think, I kept silent on the issue.I carried this with me years after joining the Air Force in 2014. Three years into my service, the internal pain I experienced from bottling everything up finally became unbearable. I broke.
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