• 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

  • The line is ready ... fire!

    Instructors at the Whiteman Combat Arms Training and Maintenance Shop provide more than just firearms training for Airmen."We provide offensive and defensive life-saving skills for Airmen deploying down-range and Airmen required to carry weapons here," said Staff Sgt. John Williams, 509th Security

  • Air Force Assistance Fund aids Airmen

    Editor's note: This is part two of a two-part series highlighting the Air Force Assistance Fund programNow in its second week, the Air Force Assistance Fund has already received $9,248 in donations and will continue to run and accept donations through April 16, 2010."Whiteman's goal is to raise

  • Whiteman Airman selected for Tops in Blue

    Airman 1st Class Jonathan Velasquez, 509th Bomb Wing Security Forces Squadron, was recently selected for a year-long tour with the Air Force expeditionary entertainment unit, Tops in Blue.According to their Web site, Tops in Blue provides quality entertainment from within the Air Force for the AF

  • Paying tribute to 'Old Glory'

    She was there when George Washington first crossed the Delaware. She was raised when the devastation of Sept. 11, 2001 change American lives forever. She covers the coffins of those who have made the ultimate sacrifice, and stands watch over the graves of U.S. war veterans. She is the American

  • Air Force Assistance Fund Project

    Editor's note: This is the first of a two-part series highlighting the Air Force Assistance Fund programThe Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off March 8, 2010 and will run until April 16, 2010. "The purpose of the AFAF is to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support, to