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  • Get Connected: An Airman's Forum

    The idea started with two women bouncing life and military frustrations off each other. The water cooler-type conversation led the venting session to a single question, "we've talked about it, now what are we going to do about it?"Senior Master Sgt. LaToya Edwards-Morgan, 2nd Security Forces

  • CMSAF Cody, wife tour Whiteman, visit B-2 total force

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited Total Force Airmen and got a firsthand look at Whiteman's B-2 operations during their recent trip to the base.The visit coincided with the March drill weekend for the Missouri Air National

  • Commander, U.S. Strategic Command talks deterrence

    U.S. Navy Adm. Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, visited Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., March 10 to observe the mission here and share his thoughts with base personnel on issues facing the command and how the B-2 is important to STRATCOM's mission and goals. Haney began his visit

  • Minot AFB rescues two stranded Mont. motorists

    Members of the 54th Helicopter Squadron responded to a search and rescue request involving two men trapped in the bed of their truck in Savage, Mont., when an ice flow caused the river to overrun its banks, March 10.At approximately midnight the crew received a phone call from the Air Force Rescue

  • Q&A with the new AFGSC command chief

    Chief Master Sgt. Terry B. West recently assumed his position as the new Command Chief Master Sergeant for Air Force Global Strike Command, and is ready to aid and assist. West previously served as Command Chief Master Sergeant for 8th Air Force at Barksdale AFB, La., and the Senior Enlisted Leader

  • DOD official discusses nuclear deterrence in Congress

    The Defense Department's nuclear deterrent is the ultimate protection for the United States while also assuring distant allies of their security against regional aggression, a senior Pentagon official told Congress March 7.Elaine Bunn, the deputy assistant secretary of defense for nuclear and

  • American300 tour brings Olympians to Malmstrom

    The American300 tour has come to Malmstrom Air Force Base many times in recent years and with every visit has strived to bring inspiring people, stories and a message of resiliency. This visit was no different. Accompanying Robi Powers, American300 founder, for the beginning of this year's Never

  • AF nuclear enterprise: 'the way forward'

    The Senate Armed Service Committee's Subcommittee on Strategic Forces heard testimonies from key defense and military leaders on nuclear forces and policies in review of the Defense Authorization Request for Fiscal Year 2015 and the Future Years Defense Program during a hearing, March 5.Air Force

  • Air Force presents FY 15 budget request

    The Air Force presented its fiscal year 2015 President's Budget request today, following similar briefings by the Department of Defense and its sister services.The FY 15 budget request repositions the force to focus on future challenges and opportunities, while continuing to recover readiness lost

  • 23rd BS supports 5-year-old with cancer

    Capt. Michael DeVita, 23rd Bomb Squadron B-52 instructor pilot, and 16 other members of his squadron shaved all of the hair off their heads to support a young boy fighting cancer, Feb. 21.It was back in 2008 when DeVita received the devastating phone call that a good friend from pilot training had