• Shoplifting, and Resulting Costs to Military Community, Down in '08

    High-tech Electronic Article Surveillance systems, eagle-eyed Closed Circuit Television cameras and an aggressive youth shoplifting awareness campaign helped take "a bite out of crime" at Army & Air Force Exchange Service facilities last year as shoplifting cases dropped 15.7 percent, from 7,635 in

  • 69 members of Team Whiteman promoted in August

    Sixty-nine Team Whiteman members received new stripes during a promotion ceremony July 31 at the Mission's End. They are: AirmenJohn Alaniz, 509th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronBarry Brewer, 509th AMXSAndrew Harnden, 509th Civil Engineer SquadronWilliam LeRoy, 509th Security Forces SquadronAirmen 1st

  • Mission Control, we have a problem

    Twenty-eight students from the Whiteman Air Force Base Youth Center and the local community embarked on a Space Station Alpha mission July 31 at the Community Activities Center with the Challenger Center for Space. Students participated in a video conference with Mission Control, located in W. Va.,

  • Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony to be held August 7

    The Secretary of the Air Force, the honorable Michael B. Donley, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Norton A. Schwartz, have officially announced the Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony will take place August 7 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The ceremony will begin at

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Airman 1st Class James Evans, 509th Maintenance Squadron, recently received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. Rickey Rodgers, 509th Bomb Wing Vice Commander.Personally Speaking Go-by name: James L. Evans IV Duty Title: Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Journeymen Time on Station: One year, three months

  • Varsity and Victory--Whiteman's Soccer Team

    On July 4, the Whiteman Varsity Soccer Team was on their way to Kansas City preparing to spend the holiday in a unique way. At the Kansas City Wizard's stadium, Whiteman's varsity team went head-to-head against a varsity Marine team composed of members stationed at the Richards-Gebaur Memorial

  • 509th responds to START agreement request

    The quiet Sunday morning of July 26 for Maj. Mark Riselli, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, was brought to an end by a call at 5:30 a.m. from the 509th Maintenance Operations Center. The Russian Nuclear Risk Reduction Center of the Russian Federation issued a formal request at 3 a.m.

  • War hero brought home, laid to rest after 40 years MIA

    As a 21-gun salute rang throughout Chapel Hill Memorial Cemetery, the sound could only mean one thing--a Vietnam War veteran, who had been missing in action for more than 40 years, was finally home to rest in, July 27, 2009.  Active duty members, retirees and their families gathered at Chief Master