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  • Medical group encourages oral cancer awareness

    Oral cancer is a member of the head and neck cancer family. It is estimated that approximately 34,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or throat cancer and 8,000 will die from head or neck cancer this year, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation. The main reason for the high number of oral

  • 80,000 pounds... unloaded

    Whiteman is the only base to possess such a magnificent hunk of metal. It takes a four person crew to load, costs $19 million dollars to build and requires a checklist compiled of 10 chapters, one for each different scenario. What is it? The Weapons Load Trainer. Built by Lockheed and Hughs in 1993

  • Sergeant receives $10,000 for a great IDEA

    The mission of the 509th is a unique one; skilled and proud Airmen providing full spectrum, expeditionary, B-2 global strike and combat support capabilities. Staff Sgt. Brad Dugan, 509th Bomb Wing aircraft maintenance squadron quality assurance propulsion inspector, is an example of a skilled Airman

  • Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight -air power supported by ground power

    When you walk into Building 7, the various work areas are a conglomeration of activities in connection with the 509th Maintenance Squadron's Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight, commonly referred to as AGE. In the large open bays, Airmen of AGE Team 1 & 2 are repairing equipment. In the office areas

  • The engine that could -- turbofan sets wing record for longevity

    There was no fanfare or ceremony June 2, when four A-10 crew chiefs and a jet-engine mechanic removed an engine from the left side of a 442nd Fighter Wing A-10 Thunderbolt II. But maybe there should've been. What looked like just another routine engine-removal, was, in fact, a testament to

  • Perfection is the standard: Team Whiteman participates in Global Thunder '09

    Members of Team Whiteman recently participated in a U.S. Strategic Command exercise known as Global Thunder. From June 24 through 30, the 509th Bomb Wing provided key strategic bombing capabilities during the exercise. Global Thunder '09 is the USSTRATCOM Field Training Exercise and Battle Staff

  • Meet the new leadership: One crazy chaplain

    "For me two things are certain, change is the only constant and normal is just a setting on the dryer," said Chaplain (Maj.) Patrick Genseal, 509th Bomb Wing, senior protestant chaplain. With 13 years of Air Force service under his belt brought on by love for his country and flying, he remains a

  • Triathlon gladiators champion fitness

    Once again, military and civilian gladiators of competition gathered at the coliseum of fitness here to compete in an open battlefield of water, bicycle and running shoes known as the Fitness Center Triathlon. The prize of battle competed for? To beat their own time, to prove they could and last but

  • Dedicated to delicious

    With floors like a giant black and white checker board, an easy to read plasma television to greet visitors with menu and pricing information and large windows,the decor of the Ozark Inn is very open and inviting. Every area of the establishment is spotless and nutritional information is posted

  • Missouri Air National Guard celebrates End of Era with final F-15 departure

    The Missouri Air National Guard commemorated the culmination of 86 years of flying operations in St. Louis in an End of Era ceremony coinciding with the closure of the base fire house and the 131st Fighter Wing's final F-15C Eagle departure from Lambert International Airport Saturday June 13. An