• 1-135th ARB to take up ARMS

    The 1-135th Attack Reconnaissance Battalion will undergo pre-inspection for the Aviation Resource Management Survey today. The survey will evaluate their processes and compare them to Army standards."This pre-inspection is mostly an administrative audit," said Army Maj. Fin Carey, 1-135th Support

  • 509th Bomb Wing announces November promotions

    Airman Kerry Kelley, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman 1st Class Thomas Larson, Kelvin Oliver and Eugene Rich, 509th Maintenance Squadron Ian McKay, Jonathan Rivera and Jeremie Key, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Maurice Ferdinand, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Amber Rabideau, 509th

  • Arts and Crafts Center provides support for Airmen, family members

    The Whiteman Arts and Crafts Center offers a variety of year-round services for members of Team Whiteman.Following Air Force Global Strike Command's vision for Airmen morale and welfare, the Arts and Crafts Center provides instructions, materials, equipment and assistance to anyone wishing to use

  • Register Absentee Ballot for Nov. 2 General Election

    Register Absentee Ballot for Nov. 2 General ElectionIf you haven't received your ballot, act immediately. It is time to mail back voted ballots. Federal Voting Assistance Program has helped many states comply with the new federal mandate for electronic transmission of the blank ballot by allowing

  • 509th MDG exercises disease containment procedures

    The 509th Medical Group conducted an exercise to test processes on containing a mass-disease outbreak here, Oct. 13. "The purpose of the exercise was to evaluate the ability to respond to a public health emergency by exercising the mass prophylaxis, testing the ability to stand up the POD [Point of

  • Whiteman's command post vital to base success

    The pressure of executing operations in a command post that contributes to a nuclear enterprise could be overwhelming for some, but the Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen operating in the 509th Bomb Wing Command Post take the pressure in stride operating at a zero-percent fail rate.Each military

  • Whiteman privatizing base houses

    Whiteman family housing residents will see a change in ownership as the base privatizes their homes to a private company soon. "The base will transfer ownership of 920 on-base family homes and lease 449 acres of land to a private company for 50 years," said Steve Strang, 509th Civil Engineer

  • Retirees recognized during 2010 Appreciation Day

    More than 350 retirees from the Missouri area visited Whiteman for its annual Retiree Appreciation Day Mission's End, Saturday. Brig. Gen. Scott Vander Hamm, 509th Bomb Wing commander, was on hand to address concerns from retired guests and deliver the keynote speech. "Whiteman's priority remains

  • Whiteman Airmen 'surge' in support of AFGSC mission

    The men and women of the 509th Bomb Wing and the 131st Bomb Wing recently maintained a success rate above 95 percent through three days of surge operations as part of continuing operations to provide assurance and deterrence through global strike operations.A surge is a designated period of time

  • From the Frontlines: Staff Sgt. Brian Haverkamp

    Deployments come and go for many Airmen at Whiteman. Sometimes they change and sometimes they remain the same.After completing two previous deployments to Kuwait, performing convoy duty to more than 30 forward-operating-bases in Iraq, Staff Sgt. Brian Haverkamp's last deployment in support of the