• 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

  • Ready for takeoff

    Twenty B-2 bombers are assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing. The B-2 brings massive firepower to bear, in a short time, anywhere on the globe through previously impenetrable defenses.See the Slideshow here.

  • UFC fighter trains Team Whiteman

    Dan Severn, American mixed martial artist and professional wrestler, gives UFC tips and instruction about ultimate fighting to members of Team Whiteman Aug. 20. The class gave Airmen helpful tips in combat skills. Mr. Severn performed three different training sessions for Airmen and their families

  • Whiteman firefighters burn through the competition

    Recently members of the 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department participated in the Dr. Pepper Regional Firefighter Combat Challenge in Altus, Okla. The competition challenges consisted of participants wearing full bunker gear and a SCOTT Air-Pak breathing apparatus. Pairs of competitors race

  • AFGSC took a team effort

    (Editor's note: The following is a speech given by The Honorable Michael B. Donley, Secretary of the Air Force, during the Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony) It is certainly a great day for our Air Force, as we achieve a major milestone in the revitalization of our nuclear enterprise. We are

  • Capturing Knowledge in Modern Military Organizations

    Recently, I overheard a conversation about NASA's proposed re-establishment of the manned lunar exploration program. They were surprised the forecast date of the return mission was not going to be until 2018--nearly 50 years after the first Apollo mission. Additionally, they were in disbelief it

  • 80,000 pounds... unloaded

    Whiteman is the only base to possess such a magnificent hunk of metal. It takes a four person crew to load, costs $19 million dollars to build and requires a checklist compiled of 10 chapters, one for each different scenario. What is it? The Weapons Load Trainer. Built by Lockheed and Hughs in 1993