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  • Summer hire season is just around the corner

    With summer just around the corner, now is the time to apply for temporary positions with the Air Force.Annually, federal agencies post summer opening announcements for positions that range from office clerk to food service worker and more. Participation in the program varies from base to base, but

  • FSS announcements, March 14-March 20

    Information and events from the 509th Force Support Squadron have been updated on the weekly slides. Click the yellow star next to Current and Upcoming Events to see the PDF slides.This week's slides feature:  Pre-teen horseback riding trib at Sunset Trails, April 5 Jump Zone Party and play at

  • Stop Loss Special Pay Extended

    Eligible Airmen, veterans and their beneficiaries now have until midnight Oct. 21 to apply for retroactive stop loss special pay following an extension in the continuing resolution authorized by Public Law 112-74. The new Oct. 21, 2012 deadline extends the original cutoff for applications and allows

  • 442nd Airman selected for culinary training

    A 442nd Force Support Squadron reservist was recently selected to represent the Air Force Reserve at a weeklong seminar at the Culinary Institute of America in Napa Valley, Calif. Airman Martina Kellums entered the Air Force Reserve July 18, 2011. Kellums said she enlisted because joining the

  • Whiteman teen wins Youth of the Year award

    Annelise Overturf, a 15-year-old freshman at Knob Noster High School, Knob Noster Mo., and daughter of Brig. Gen. Eric S. Overturf, 442nd Fighter Wing commander, was named 2012  Whiteman Youth of the Year, April 27, here. In recognition of her service to the Bombers Keystone Club, family

  • Gliding on the wings of time

    Over the last several years, a rotating group of volunteers have come to Whiteman Air Force Base to restore a World War II era glider eventually set to go on display here.The CG-4A glider was designed by the Waco Aircraft Company and manufactured by a multitude of unlikely manufacturers including

  • 442nd Fighter Wing March promotions

    The following reservists from the 442nd Fighter Wing are promoted as of March 1, 2012:Master Sgt. David Frith, 442 Maintenance SquadronMaster Sgt. Christine Nicewander, 442nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronMaster Sgt. John Straka, 442nd AMXSTech. Sgt. Michael Dixon, 610th Intelligence Operations