• A love of learning

    Think back to your elementray school days.  Chances are there was a teacher you had a connection with.  Staff Sgt.Tyler Alexander introduces us to one teacher, who had a childhood connection and is now paying it forward.

  • Team Whiteman strikes again

    The 509th and 131st Bomb Wings' Global Strike Challenge Team returned from the Global Strike Challenge Symposium and Score Posting at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, as back-to-back winners of the Fairchild Trophy for Best Bomber Wing in Air Force Global Strike Command.Whiteman also brought

  • Building the road to success

     The sound of machinery echoes across the base as the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron dirt boys are hard at work. Their muddy hands serve as badges of honor, measuring the intense, rigorous efforts needed to ensure the roads are serviceable for Whiteman's mission. Hard work, dedication and a steadfast

  • Sporting Whiteman scouts for new talent year-round

    One of Team Whiteman's priorities as an installation is to create an environment that is healthy and fun.  Varsity sports on base provide one of many avenues through which this goal is being accomplished.Whiteman's varsity soccer team, also known as Sporting Whiteman, started up in June and is

  • USSTRATCOM commander visits Whiteman

    Admiral Cecil D. Haney, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, visited Whiteman Air Force Base Oct. 30-31 to chair the Bomber Stakeholders Conference, one of several stakeholders meetings held by the command this year.These forums are designed to assess the health and direction of the Nation's

  • AFGSC Veteran's Day message

    We have a proud heritage, Strikers, one that each of you are a part of through your service. You carry on the great responsibility that Strategic Air Command dutifully accepted more than half a century ago: stand as a force to deter America's enemies and assure America's allies, exhibiting our

  • 68 years of aviation dedication

    Growing up without a mother or a father and bouncing from one living situation to the next might leave a child yearning for a place to fit in and call home.But for one young man, these conditions were the beginning of a 68-year career dedicated to aviation.Amiel J. Guitz, a quality assurance