131st Bomb Wing milestone: MOGAR makes first all-air guard B-2 flight
WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., - Col. Gregory Champagne, 131st Fighter Wing vice commander, and Maj. David Thompson, 131st FW, achieved a major milestone in their transition to the B-2 mission by completing the first B-2 sortie flown, in the Spirit of Arizona, and launched by Missouri Air National Guard personnel June 18. The 131st BW, currently in transition from the 131st Fighter Wing, is a classic associate unit with the 509th Bomb Wing and the first Air National Guard unit to take part in the B-2 mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)