• Air Force selects new Majors

    The Air Force selected 2,394 Captains for promotion to Major. The following members of Team Whiteman were among those selected: 13th Bomb SquadronJustin GrieveJohn Speer 303rd Fighter Squadron Olivia Elliott325th Weapons Squadron Michael Belardo393rd Bomb Squadron James AshlockAaron Franklin Daniel

  • Bomb Comp makes a return

    Whiteman Air Force Base participated in the first bombing, navigation, weapons loading and security forces competition in more than 15 years and took home top honors for best Security Forces team and Best Bomb. Of the more than 80 participants that competed in Proud Shield II and Giant Sword II,

  • Pilot for a day

    You could never tell it by looking at him, but for 4-year-old Kellen Bolling, leukemia is a reality. A reality that comes with a routine consisting of chemotherapy, doctors appointments and other measures to battle the cancer. Kellen came to Whiteman with his family to take a break from the monotony

  • Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off March 23

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign is kicks off March 23 and runs through May 1 at Whiteman Air Force Base to raises money for four charities that directly support Air Force families. "This program truly benefits the Air Force family here," said Capt. Anthony Davis, 509th Medical Operations

  • Air Force selects new Senior Master Sergeants

    The Air Force selected 1,450 Master Sergeants for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant. The following members of Team Whiteman were among those selected:. Buddy McClain, Vincent Miller, Brad Plante, Richi Buford and Randy Walton, 509th Maintenance Squadron Scott Johnson and Ronald Vickers, 509th

  • Reinvigorating the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise

    "Deterrence is extremely important and the enemy's got to think that we can place that weapon wherever we need to do it whenever we need it. The American public is depending on us and has entrusted us to do that -- to maintain those weapons and that deterrent capability safely ... it's good for me

  • 509th SFS Airmen take aim with MK-19

    The legendary 1873 Colt Peacemaker is often acclaimed to be "the gun that won the West." It was a Peacemaker wielded by Pat Garrett that ended the life of Billy the Kid July 14, 1881, at Fort Sumner, N.M. Although the "gun that won the west" was also carried by such frontier legends as Doc Holliday,