• Air Force leaders discuss nuclear enterprise

    The nuclear enterprise must modernize to remain a viable and essential part of the United States' defense strategy, maintained Air Force senior leaders at the Air Force Association's annual Air & Space Conference and Technology Exposition here, Sept. 16.Lt. Gen. Stephen Wilson, Air Force Global

  • Air Force revamps AEF

    The Air Force will deploy Agile Combat Support Airmen under its redesigned air expeditionary force construct October 1. The primary purpose of the redesign was to look at ways to deploy more ACS Airmen with their units and standardize dwell times across the Air Force as much as possible to present a

  • B-2 Spirits depart Andersen AFB following routine deployment

    Three U.S. B-2 Spirits redeployed to the continental United States following a deployment to Andersen AFB, Guam as part of U.S. Pacific Command's continuous bomber presence in the Indo-Asia-Pacific Region. The strategic bombers, and approximately 200 support Airmen assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at

  • Under pressure, Airman delivers

    Most baby delivery stories seem to follow the same generic, almost preset story-line. The mother beings the early stages of labor, heads to the hospital, begins her contractions, then some odd amount of hours later, baby is born.However, for one Whiteman Airman and his family, their baby story

  • From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Miller

    After serving five consecutive deployments in five years, one Airman left for a sixth deployment, leaving his wife behind to care for their six-month-old child.Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Miller, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal NCO in charge, left for a deployment to Southwest Asia

  • It's On! Maintainers prepare for Global Strike Challenge

    Load crew members from the 509th and 131st Aircraft Maintenance Squadrons began preparing for the 2014 Air Force Global Strike Command's Global Strike Challenge.The competition will take place Oct. 8 and 9, when judges from AFGSC taking an in depth look at how well Whiteman maintainers load

  • EGRESS: The perfection of ejection

    The 509th and 131st Maintenance Squadron egress shop works hand-in-hand, maintaining each B-2's egress system to ensure they function properly for pilot safety. "We swap out the emergency equipment, maintain all explosive time changes and ensure there are no defects on the ejection seats," said

  • The Real Unsung Heroes

    In the fast paced tempo of today's often high operations environment, I often find myself thousands of miles away from home due to temporary duties, deployments or training. As I am off doing what I have loved for over twenty-five years in these various locations, I often find myself stopping to