• B-2s converge over Pacific

    A three-ship flight of B-2 Spirit aircraft departed here recently to join  B-2s temporarily deployed to Guam in a Pacific theater integration training exercise.The Whiteman B-2s joined a flight of their own B-2s temporarily based at Guam on a four-month deployment to Andersen Air Force Base to

  • From the Front Lines: Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Hasty

    In the middle of the 2009 - 2010 white winter, while Airmen were clearing the powdery streets of Whiteman, a 509th Medical Group Airman, was deployed to Soto Cano Air Force Base, Honduras. "It was rough having to miss out on all the cold weather this past winter," said Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Hasty,

  • It's not like I'm Captain Planet or anything

    I stopped to pick up a candy wrapper, one sunny afternoon in the park. No big deal, it's not like I'm Captain Planet or anything. Just picked up some trash.Then I saw a discarded straw.And a piece of paper."Are you picking up trash because every day is Earth Day?" asked my six-year-old daughter.

  • Courage in the face of responsibility

    History cannot light a path out of our darkness, but it can remind us at times that things are not so bad. Those who think that our nation has never been as divided politically as it is today would do well to consider the United States at the outset of the Civil War. Likewise, those of us in the Air

  • Network security, information assurance - Everyone plays a part

    "We think we have pretty good control of our sensitive information, both with respect to intelligence and the equipment systems. But we, like everybody else, are under attack. Banks are under attack. Every country is under attack." - Secretary of Defense, Robert M. GatesThe traditional physical

  • 'Surprise Sweep' 100 percent clean

    Whiteman underwent Operation Surprise Sweep, drug testing one-third of the base populace for illicit substances, March 8, 2010, and not a single Airman tested positive for illegal drugs during the urinalysis. "I am very proud that we had over one-third of the base without a single issue," said Brig.

  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month at Whiteman. Throughout the month, the base's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response team will generate and increase public awareness educating the community about preventing sexual violence in our society. "The SAPR program educates the base about sexual

  • Starting line of leadership

    In the words of the great Vince Lombardi, "Leaders aren't born they are made. And they are made just like anything else, through hard work. And that's the price we'll have to pay to achieve ... any goal."At some point in every Airmen's career they will learn to be one of the "chiefs of the tribe."

  • In a dark room with no curtains

    The radar approach control facility, or RAPCON, is the opposite of what many people imagine when they think of air traffic control. It's not a tower high above the flight line, with windows everywhere. It's a dark, ground-level room lined with green screens that provide a visual connection to the

  • Throwing clays on opening day

    Whiteman's newest outdoor recreation initiative is set to go off with a "bang," when the base's new skeet range open's April 24, 2010. "We are really excited to have a fully operational skeet and trap range," said Mr. John Hardy, 509th Force Support outdoor recreation manager. "The skeet range