• 72nd TES evaluates mission capabilities

    The 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron here took part in Combat Sledgehammer Aug. 17 as part of Air Combat Command's nuclear weapon system evaluation program. The 72nd TES is a tenant unit stationed at Whiteman. Their chain-of-command runs through the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group at Nellis AFB,

  • Getting a face lift

    Members from the 509th Maintenance and Munitions squadrons restore the protective coating on a KC-97 static display here today. The restoration, which is required every five years, is scheduled to take a month. During this time Airman will sand, repaint and perform any required sheet metal repair to

  • 72nd TES evaluates mission capabilities

    The 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron here took part in Combat Sledgehammer Aug. 17 as part of Air Combat Command's nuclear weapon system evaluation program. The 72nd TES is a tenant unit stationed at Whiteman. Their chain-of-command runs through the 53rd Test and Evaluation Group at Nellis AFB,

  • Are you successful?

    There is no doubt we are the most powerful and feared military force in the world. So how do we sustain that besides through deterrence, continuous change and improvement, and delivering demolition on demand? We do it by growing our force stronger, as members of our team become successful. So that

  • Communications squadron unites

    Members of the 509th Communication Squadron are scheduled to receive a new home in the fall of 2010. A ceremony Aug. 25 marked the ground breaking of a new combined facility on Spirit Boulevard and 4th Street here. The new facility will be 17,140 square feet and house more than 150 communication

  • Medical group encourages oral cancer awareness

    Oral cancer is a member of the head and neck cancer family. It is estimated that approximately 34,000 Americans will be diagnosed with oral or throat cancer and 8,000 will die from head or neck cancer this year, according to the Oral Cancer Foundation. The main reason for the high number of oral

  • Welcome home: First family moves into new base housing subdivision

    Airman 1st Class Joseph Robin, his wife, Molly, and their 11-month old daughter, Charli, were welcomed into a new home on Vosler Avenue Aug. 21 in the new Bear Lake base housing subdivision during a ribbon cutting ceremony here  . Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler, 509th Bomb Wing commander, his wife,

  • Managing risk - A process or a lifestyle?

    All Airmen have been trained in the tenets of operational risk management. Risk management is not just a method we should study on a pie chart or checklist; it should be a part of nearly every decision we make - a lifestyle rather than a mere process. The first step in managing risk is the