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  • Colonel's training and dedication pay off

    Coming down the last half mile stretch and seeing the finish line, she was singing loudly and dancing along. She had a great burst of energy knowing she had just completed a 50-mile marathon.This runner is Col. Jill Higgins, Air Force Global Strike Command chief, personnel division, who has competed

  • Operational test launches allow missileers, maintainers chance to shine

    For the members of Air Force Global Strike Command's missile community, participating in an intercontinental ballistic missile operational test launch is the opportunity of a lifetime -- something that only a select few get to experience.To make the most of that opportunity, lots of hard work,

  • Pillars of Resiliency: Warren teaches Airman to be spiritual

    *Editor's note: This article is the last of a four-part series that will cover each of the four pillars of resiliency. The pillars of resiliency are designed to provide balance to one's life. There are four pillars: social and family, physical, mental and emotional, and spiritual. Each pillar has

  • RAPCON: Eyes beyond the perimeter

    The airspace around Whiteman Air Force Base extends up 9,000 feet and out 45 miles around the base in each direction.Airmen from the radar, approach and control (RAPCON) unit have the job of ensuring all pilots and aircraft traverse this airspace safely.RAPCON Airmen are important to Whiteman

  • Pillars of Resiliency: Warren educates Airmen on Mental, emotional wellness

    *Editor's note: This article is the third of a four-part series that will cover each of the four pillars of resiliency. The articles will run each week during the month of September. The pillars of resiliency are designed to provide balance to one's life. There are four pillars: social and family,

  • From depths to heights: Missileers climb rocks, mountains

    Sometimes Airmen who spend a lot of time deep underground, such as missileers, make up for it with the amount of time they spend high on cliff faces.Capt. Jeff Rees, 321st Missile Squadron flight commander, and Capt. Austin Winner, 90th Operations Group evaluator, are two such Airmen. Any chance

  • Aircraft part store aids the mission

    (Editor's note: This is part three of a three-part series about sections of the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Material Management Flight)As B-2 Spirits are flown around the world as part of strategic deterrence and global strike operations, a small group of Airmen work in a warehouse,

  • Chief cycles through cancer

    Lee Cooper has always been a tough guy. But on the day this chief master sergeant found out he had prostate cancer, he sure didn't feel that way. "I was supposed to be Superman," said Cooper. "I was a dad, a husband and a chief ... there wasn't supposed to be anything I couldn't fix or do." Fast

  • Pillars of Resiliency: Social and Family

    *Editor's note: This article is the first part of a four-part series that will cover each of the four pillars of resiliency. The articles will run each week during the month of September. The pillars of resiliency are designed to provide balance in one's life. There are four pillars: social and

  • Helo, TRF training ends with LF recapture

    It is an unusually hot morning in Wyoming. The only sound is the gusts of wind blowing across the amber plains surrounding the captured ICBM launch facility guarded by hostile men armed with an array of weaponry -- men who do not belong at the LF.Gradually, the sound of UH-1N "Huey" helicopter