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  • Staff Sgt. Timothy Rigelman, 509th Maintenance Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Candace Cutrufo)

    Spirit Award

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Rigelman, 509th Maintenance Squadron, received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. John Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, July 16. Cicily Hoover, West 50 Storage manager, nominated Sergeant Rigelman for the award. Sergeant Rigelman assisted an elderly tenant who was in distress after she had fallen while removing items
  • Brooklynn and Susan Wagner stand in front of the burned remains of the 1992 Dodge Ram truck, which belonged to Tech. Sgt. Joe Clark, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The two escaped the truck blaze unharmed June 25 in Knob Noster, Mo. (Photo printed with permission of Susan Wagner)

    Fire survivors live to tell others

    A routine stop at a local intersection turned into an extraordinary event for Susan Wagner and her 16-year-old daughter Brooklynn, June 25, when the truck they were driving in burst into flames. The wife and daughter of Master Sgt. Phillip Wagner, 509th Maintenance Squadron, were driving a 1992 Dodge Ram, which belonged to Tech. Sgt. Joe Clark,
  • Army and Air Force Exchange Service

    BX celebrates back to school "tax-free holiday" every day

    While stores across Johnson County will be jammed for a handful of days in the coming months for "tax-free" holidays on select items, Whiteman's base exchange continues to offer tax-free shopping every day on everything in the store. With merchandise ranging from shoes, school supplies, clothing and backpacks to sporting goods, lunch boxes and
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    May case lot event sets sales record

    Commissary customers around the world must have written across their May calendar in big, red letters: "Shop till you drop!" That's exactly what happened as the World's Biggest Case Lot Sale set a new record for May worldwide case lot sales with more than $12.5 million in sales and 1.8 million cases of product sold. This is a 1.8-percent increase

  • ALS graduates 32 future NCOs

    The Whiteman Airman Leadership School Class 07-F graduated 27 senior airmen and five staff sergeants in a ceremony July 12 at the Mission's End. The award winners were: Senior Airman Ronald Lerch, 13th Bomb Squadron, John L. Levitow Staff Sgt. Christopher Smith, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Senior Airman Andrea Coombs, 509th Civil
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    DeCA pulls Gerber ORGANIC Rice, ORGANIC Oatmeal cereals

    Commissaries worldwide have been directed to remove from their shelves all packages of 8-ounce Gerber ORGANIC Rice and ORGANIC Oatmeal cereals due to a potential choking hazard. Gerber announced the voluntary recall July 13 after it was found that the products may contain lumps of cereal which do not dissolve in water or milk. The company had
  • Col. Thomas Bussiere, 509th Operations Group commander, addresses the 509th OG during the OG change of command 9 July. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephen Linch)

    New OG commander a familiar face to Whiteman

    Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander, handed the 509th Operations Group guidon to the newly inducted group commander, Col. Thomas Bussiere, during a change-of-command ceremony July 9. Colonel Bussiere, who was stationed here from October 2002 - June 2006, returns to Whiteman Air Force Base after attending the U.S. Army War College for
  • WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Col. Ed Keegan, 509th Mission Support Group commander, passes the guidon of the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron to Maj. Mark Lynch during a change-of-command ceremony July 2. Major Lynch was previously assigned to the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Lt. Col. Carlos Camarillo, the former 509th LRS commander, moves on to Dover Air Force Base and becomes the 436th LRS commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Cory Todd)

    509th LRS receives new commander

    Maj. Mark Lynch, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Carlos Camarillo during a change-of-command ceremony June 2. Rank and Name: Maj. Mark J. Lynch Squadron: 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Date assumed command: July 2 Previous assignment: U.S. Army Command and General Staff College Time in service: 14
  • Col. Ed Keegan, 509th Mission Support Group commander, passes the guidon of the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron to Maj. Craig Johnson during a change-of-command ceremony June 27. Major Johnson was previously the commander of the 355th CES operations flight, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz. Lt. Col. Pamela Moxely, the former 509th CES commander, moves on to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, U.K., and becomes the 100th Mission Support Group deputy commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Cory Todd)

    509th CES receives new commander

    Maj. Craig Johnson, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Pamela Moxley during a change-of-command ceremony June 29. Personally speakingRank and Name: Maj. Craig P. Johnson Squadron: 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Date assumed command: June 29 Previous assignment: 355th CES Operations flight commander, Davis-Monthan
  • Staff Sgt. Chris Hobbs, 509th Mission Support Squadron, and Col. John Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, discuss the colonel’s personnel reliability program initial training July 11. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Stephen Linch)

    Vice commander ready to lead, learn

    Col. John Robinson began work July 9 in his new office as the 509th Bomb Wing vice commander. He comes to Whiteman from Washington, D.C., where he was the Joint Staff division chief for the South and South East Asia Division. "I am very excited to be here and to be a part of this very unique wing, which is the single source for the most lethal
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