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  • From the Frontlines: Senior Airman Estiven Gonzalez

    Senior Airman Estiven Gonzalez, 509th Operations Support Squadron SERE specialist, returned from his six-month deployment to Southwest Asia in November. There, he provided essential training to more than 600 soldiers who depended on him to teach them how to avoid capture and what to do if they were to get captured.Being the only SERE specialist in

  • Malmstrom chaplain shares story of contemplating suicide

    Chaplain (Capt.) John VanderKaay knows what it is like to contemplate suicide. He also knows what it's like to seek help for his feelings and begin the healing process. He has been there and shares his story with anyone it might help.Three months after returning from a tour in Iraq, he made a permanent change-of-station move to Keesler Air Force
  • KANDAHAR, Afghanistan.- Staff Sgt. Laura Burton was deployed to Afghanistan from April 17, 2010 to Nov. 25, 2010. (Courtesy photo)

    From the Frontlines: Staff Sgt. Laura Burton

    Her ears ring from the screaming sirens on Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. She freezes up, focusing on the tornado of questions going through her mind. Confusion is the only word to describe her current state. She shakes the shock away. Seeing her colleagues dropping to the ground and covering their heads, she uses the 'monkey see, monkey do'
  • Staff Sgt. Armando Campos Rivera, 341st Missile Operations Squadron nuclear certified equipment monitor, performs his daily duty of comparing equipment to the Master Nuclear Certification List. The MNCL is the sole authority for determining certification status of NCE. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Cortney Hansen)

    Focus on the Force: Staff Sgt. Campos Rivera

    Staff Sgt. Armando Campos Rivera, the 341st Missile Operations Squadron nuclear certified equipment monitor, demonstrates on a daily basis the importance of the Air Force's three core values - integrity first, service before self, and excellence in all we do.His dedication to excellence in all we do got him hand-picked by leadership for his current

  • Global Strike Airmen save lives by employing the Wingman concept

    Two Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen saved a life recently when they alerted base security forces to the suicidal thoughts of their friend, employing the Wingman concept to get the ailing Airman the help he needed."A life was saved in our command that day because immediate action was taken by two Wingmen who were paying attention, then
  • BAGRAM AIRFIELD, Afghanistan - 1st Lt. Tom Meltzer, 509th Operation Group chief of targets intelligence officer, departed Whiteman AFB in May and returned December 2010. (Courtesy photo)

    From the Frontlines: 1st Lt. Tom Meltzer

    More than 6,000 miles from this Air Force Global Strike Command base, 1st Lt. Tom Meltzer, 509th Operations Group chief of target intelligence, was called to serve his first deployment at Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan. Lieutenant Meltzer departed Whiteman May 2010 for six-months and trained at the 186th Refueling Wing Air National Guard, in
  • SOUTHWEST ASIA -- Senior Airman Dustin Chandler, Combined Security Transition Command-Afghanistan higher headquarters, awaits his name to be called at a commander's call during his deployment. Airman Chandler was recognized with the Unsung Heroes Award for effort in training Afghans and organizing the headquarters' supply shop.

    From the Frontlines: Senior Airman Dustin Chandler

    Born and raised in Murphysboro, Ill., and now stationed here, Senior Airman Dustin Chandler, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron, material management journeyman, has comfortably lived in the Midwest all his life. Airman Chandler said he had an experience like no other when he left this Air Force Global Strike Command base for a recent deployment to
  • JOINT BASE BALAD, Iraq - Staff Sgt. Jennifer Winkels, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer NCO in charge of construction management during her last deployment. Sergeant Winkels departed Whiteman June 14 and returned Dec. 26, 2010.

    From the Frontlines: Staff Sgt. Jennifer Winkels

    Ensuring infrastructure projects were done according to specifications across Joint Base Balad, Iraq, was a duty which was entrusted to Staff Sgt. Jennifer Winkels, 332nd Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron NCO in charge of construction management during her last deployment, June 14 to Dec. 26, 2010. Sergeant Winkels, an Air Force Global Strike
  • Senior Airman Bryant Fisher, 2nd Maintenance Squadron maintainer, logs into a bench stock vending machine in the phase hangar on Barksdale Air Force Base, La., Dec. 15. The machine streamlines the process of acquiring small parts such as bolts and washers for maintainers and eliminates the need to wait in line for each part. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chad Warren) (RELEASED)

    Barksdale sergeant streamlines maintenance process

    For Air Force maintainers, the shift is not over until the job is finished. This means every minute counts and precious time is wasted every time an Airman has to wait in line for an aircraft part. Where most people saw an unavoidable delay, one Airman found a way to ensure Barksdale and the Air Force Global Strike Command are staying on the
  • WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Airman 1st Class Francisco Villa and Corey Logsdon, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron electricians, put on safety harnesses, hard hats and cold-weather gear to climb a 215-foot water tower , Dec. 1. Airman Villa and Airman Logsdon serviced the rotating beacon and tower lights for flight safety. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Carlin Leslie) (Released)

    Electrical shop brightens Whiteman

    The Air Force is known amongst the American public as a highly technical service that relies on technological advancements to accomplish its mission. However, without electricity, technology wouldn't go very far. Thirty seven Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron, work on the electrical infrastructure of the
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