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  • From the Frontlines: Master Sgt. Robert Van De Hey

    Master Sgt. Robert Van De Hey was on target while training the Afghan National Army Air Corps when he was deployed from January 2009 to March 2010. He helped the ANAAC transition to self-sufficiency, teaching them weapons loading and maintenance procedures.Deployed from the 509th Munitions Squadron,

  • Profile of an award-winning First Sergeant

    Master Sgt. Keisha Yarbrough is no stranger to helping others. Growing up in New Haven, Conn., in the 1970's, Sergeant Yarbrough volunteered after school and on weekends helping under privileged children at the local boys and girls club. She spent her time helping kids with their homework and being

  • From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Gloria Rapkin

    In a world surrounded by chaos, death and injuries, few can say they have saved a life, much less multiple lives. A life-saver is considered by many a hero, or in a more humble term, a medic. Tech. Sgt. Gloria Rapkin, an aerospace medical service technician who was deployed as part of a Provincial

  • B-2 brings down the house at Combat Hammer

    High above the Utah desert, a pair of B-2 stealth bombers glide silently through the sky. As the bomb-bay doors open, a rainbow of GBU-31 joint direct attack munitions begin their final descent to the earth, where things aren't so tranquil.The 2,000-pound munitions, guided by global positioning

  • From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Erin Connolly

    Exposed to an array of environmental health spectrums, Tech. Sgt. Erin Connolly, 509th Medical Operations Squadron bioenvironmental technician, stepped-up and finished out a fellow Airman's deployment.She returned in January from a three-month deployment to Joint Base Balad, Iraq, where she worked

  • Airman, Soldier assist collision victims

    Servicemembers from Whiteman, an Airman and a Soldier, assisted victims of a two-vehicle collision, April 9, 2010, near intersection M-131 and U.S. Highway 50, in Pittsville, Mo. "As I crested a hill, about a half mile from the intersection; I caught a glimpse of the underside of a pickup truck

  • From the Front Lines: Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Hasty

    In the middle of the 2009 - 2010 white winter, while Airmen were clearing the powdery streets of Whiteman, a 509th Medical Group Airman was deployed to sunny Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras. "It was rough having to miss out on all the cold weather this past winter," said Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Hasty,

  • Starting line of leadership

    In the words of the great Vince Lombardi, "Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve ... any goal."At some point in every Airmen's career they will learn to be one of the "chiefs of the tribe."

  • Innovation at its best

    It's been said, necessity is the mother of invention. Ideas take shape, from chemical reactions in the brain, to graphite scratchings on blank paper, to a series of calculations in a computer program, to data fed to a machine which transforms a chunk of aluminum into a valuable tool with the

  • Whiteman recycling center helps environment, funds base projects

    As the Air Force continues its eco-friendly trend with greener fuel and power, the Recycling Center at Whiteman Air Force Base provides an alternative to throwing trash to the curb.Located at the corner of 3rd Street and McConnell Ave. on base, the recycling center has more than 20 bins for people