• A B-2 Spirit performs flyover during The Preakness Stakes

    A B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber performs a flyover during The Preakness at the Pimlico race course, Baltimore, Maryland, May 21, 2022. B-2 crews perform flyovers as part of regularly scheduled training flights and to support community functions and government events. (U.S Air Force Photo by Senior

  • Members of the 509th Bomb Wing participate in annual memorial ruck

    Members of the 509th Bomb Wing ruck during the annual police week memorial ruck march on Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., May 16, 2022. Participants rucked four miles stopping at eight different stations to honor fallen defenders, doing various exercises at each station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman

  • Graduating ALS Class 22-D

    Graduates of Airman Leadership School Class 22-D pose for a group shot at Whiteman Air Force Base, May. 19, 2022. ALS is a five week course meant to prepare Airmen in being military supervisors. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Garcia)

  • Honoring the Fallen: Senior Airman Elijah Posana

    On May 2, 2021, Senior Airman Elijah Posana made the ultimate sacrifice any Airman can make. In a final act of selflessness, he saved the lives of three of his cousin’s, but lost his own. This act of his would posthumously earn him the Airman's medal, the highest award an Airman can receive outside

  • 509 BW partners with Columbia College

    U.S. Air Force Col. Daniel Diehl, Commander of the 509 Bomb Wing, signs a memorandum of understanding between Columbia College and the 509th Bomb Wing on Whiteman Air Force Base on April 14,2022. The memorandum acknowledges Columbia College's partnership by opening it's programs to the Air Force