• Guidelines for working in the heat

    While Missouri's temperatures continue to rise, Team Whiteman should concern themselves with heat safety precautions both on and off duty. According to the 509th Medical Operation Squadron Public Health Flight, taking preventative measures to ensure Team Whiteman has a safe summer is an ongoing

  • AGE flight keeps B-2s flying

    As critical as the mission is for the B-2 Spirit to be able to maintain air superiority, it's also important for the 509th Maintenance Squadron's Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight to ensure equipment is operational to support daily maintenance operations that keep the B-2s flying.The AGE flight

  • Leaders: Adapt or weaken

    As a commander, every day I speak to people about their work, their lives, what's good and what's not so good. Recently, with all the talk surrounding budget cuts and doing more with less, one thing is clear, we need to adapt or accept weakening of our leadership effectiveness. Time and time again I

  • From the Frontlines: Senior Airman Vincent Cunningham Jr.

    Deployments can take Airmen all across the world to a variety of countries. For Senior Airman Vincent Cunningham Jr., 13th Bomb Squadron aviation resource manager, his path led him to Eskan Village in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia from October 2011 to April 2012. While stationed at Whiteman,

  • 1-135th ARB receives full line-up of AH-64D Apache Longbows

    The Missouri National Guard's 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion recently received its final AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter completing the battalion's 20 digital model aircraft that replaced an older analog model.The primary mission of the 1-135th ARB is to readily deploy and provide ground

  • 2012 WOW welcomes crowd

    Whiteman AFB hosted a two-day open house and air show here May 19 and 20, which included demonstrations of military capabilities and static aircraft displays. More than 40,000 spectators from all over the region attended the free, family-oriented exhibition."This opportunity allowed community

  • A year in safety

    "Happy to do the job, but you know I'm more of a weapons and tactics guy right?" That was my response in December 2010 when I received the call telling me I needed to go to training to be the chief of safety. I had no idea at the time what an incredible and difficult job it would be. After a year on

  • The 'Getting Back Up' Tour

    American300 returned here May 11,2012 for the third time after bringing Team Whiteman the resilient stories of Tom Whittaker, Dan Beery and Sean Colgan. This time accompanying American300 founder, Robi Powers, on the Air Force Global Strike Command "Never Quit" series was Erin Simmons Nemec and Kurt