• Hillier takes command of 509th Munitions Support Squadron

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Hillier assumes command of the 509th Munitions Squadron with the ceremonial hand off of the unit guidon to U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Holland, 509th Maintenance Group commander, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 14, 2021. A change of command is a military

  • Whiteman Airman performs life-saving aid on airline flight

    Travelling from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Oct. 3, 2019, on an airline flight, Senior Airman Caleb Smith, a 509th Munitions Squadron munition systems technician assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, encountered extreme turbulence.“Halfway through my flight there were strange sounds and commotion