• 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

  • Excellence in "ALL" we do

    The Air Force is making a monumental cultural change on July 1, 2010, with the new fitness instruction, AFI 36-2905. As Air Force professionals, every one of us needs to make a personal commitment to change. For some, it might be a significant lifestyle change and for others it might be more minor.

  • Tier 2? Who? What?

    Whiteman Tier 2, or just Tier 2, is an organization devoted to the concept of being the backbone of the enlisted corps. General membership is made up of all E-5s and E-6s stationed at Whiteman. You may not even know it, but most non-commissioned officers are already classified as inactive members.

  • The Whiteman Underground

    Buried deep under the Missouri mud at Whiteman Air Force Base, is a series of keys and buttons that, at one time, could obliterate an entire nation if necessary.From 1963 to 1995, Whiteman was home to the 351st Strategic Missile Wing, which operated the Minuteman I and Minuteman II Intercontinental

  • From the Frontlines: Airman 1st Class Eric Reed

    When one hears "deployment," a person may typically think of Airmen performing convoy duty, carrying an M-16 and providing direct mission support on the frontlines.Airman 1st Class Eric Reed, 509th Communications Squadron, was not on a typical deployment.Airman Reed worked as assistant and computer

  • Whiteman Family Fitness Day: Make it a family thing

    In support of the Air Force's FitFamily initiative, the 509th Force Support Squadron will host Family Fitness Day March 6, 2010, at the Whiteman Fitness Center from 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., as part of the Year of the Air Force Family.FitFamily is a goal-incentive program intended to help stimulate