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VOL. 5/ISSUE 32
THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 2017
ALL IN THE FAMILY Brother, sister serve as Air Force pilots Joshua R. Maund
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Two pilots at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., share more than a workplace. They share blood. Air Force Capt. Gary Whiteman, assistant commander of the 14th Airlift Squadron’s C Flight, and his sister, Air Force 1st Lt. Kristina Whiteman, 14th AS liaison officer, are both U.S. Air Force Academy graduates and C-17 Globemaster III pilots. “Being a Whiteman sibling comes with an expectation of being a hard worker and doing an excellent job,” Kristina Whiteman said. “It’s an expectation I often try to exceed.” Gary, Kristina and their middle brother, Brent, a former Air Force contracting officer, grew up close as children in Scottsdale, Arizona. Their family was active in the community, but with no military veteran in their immediate family, they hadn’t always aspired to military service.
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Air Force 1st Lt. Kristina Whiteman, liaison officer assigned to the 14th Airlift Squadron, and her brother, Capt. Gary Whiteman, assistant commander of the squadron’s C Flight, pose in front of a C-17 Globemaster III transport jet at Joint Base Charleston, S.C. The C-17 pilots are from Scottsdale, Ariz., and they are graduates of the U.S. Air Force Academy. Photo by Airman Joshua R. Maund