• From the Frontlines: Tech. Sgt. Neil Fowler

    Dreams don't come true every day in the military. Often, the needs of the Air Force don't coincide with the wants of its members; but for one Whiteman Airman, all it took was expressing his interest to the right person. A 14-year hydraulic technician, Tech. Sgt. Neil Fowler, currently assigned to

  • Community counters hunger

    Nationwide, the economic state for many families is far from well-off, many families have financial wounds within their homes, and the unemployment rate is at a rare high. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national unemployment rate throughout 2009 was 9.3 percent. The U.S. Department

  • PUBLIC NOTICE: Five-year review completed at Whiteman

    The U.S. Air Force conducted the first five-year review for Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) for sites on Base where contamination has the potential to affect human health. These sites were fully investigated and remediated to address the contamination about five years ago. The five-year review was

  • Dedicated professionals serving the warfighter

    The 509th Bomb Wing is the tip of the B-2 spear. A vast infrastructure stands behind the 509th, working to make the B-2 more lethal, more stealthy, and more reliable. One of the final steps in that process is operational testing conducted by the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron.The 72nd TES is one

  • Meal skipping: Not a healthy way to lose weight

    "Forget about breakfast -- I just don't have the time to eat. Meeting at 7:30 a.m., the office is low-manned, and I have to pick up the kids at daycare. There's just no time. Anyway, I need to lose some weight!" Sound familiar? Whether you want to lose 15 pounds or five pounds before your next PT

  • 442nd Airmen help honor World War II WASPs

    Five Airmen from the 442nd Fighter Wing traveled to Washington, D.C. to serve as escorts to the Women Airforce Service Pilots and attended their Congressional Gold Medal ceremony, March 10, 2010.The Congressional Gold Medal is the highest award Congress bestows to civilians in the U.S. "These women

  • Whiteman to launch new requirements for base entry

    Beginning April 1, 2010, all recurring base personnel must register their ID card with the Defense Biometrics Identification System, here. All Whiteman Department of Defense active duty, dependants, reservist, guard, retired, DoD contractors, and civilians must register with DBIDS at the visitor's

  • Whiteman Airmen suit up for CBRN challenge

    The 509th Medical Group Bioenvironmental Engineering and 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management flights participated in a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear challenge, here, March 15, 2010 through March 18, 2010.Air Force Global Strike Command sent a team of contractors to

  • SFS trains to extinguish internal threat

    He went to work, just like any other day. Through the gates and in the door of the shop, greeted by his favorite dirt-bag staff sergeant with a snide remark about how he needed a haircut. But today was going to be different ...Instead of the usual anger he felt when his day was destroyed by harsh

  • Non-citizen Airman at Whiteman

    Every day we wake up and put our uniform on to "go to work." For some of us military life is just a job, for others it's a way of life. Some of us have goals to serve 20 or more years in the Air Force and some of us will only serve four. Whether you are here for a short time or plan to hunker down