• "Achieving success through integration"

    When the Base Realignment and Closure commission decided to move the Missouri Air National Guard's F-15s from St. Louis to other units, the 131st Fighter Wing was dismayed. Over the course of several months following the final decision, discussions about integrating Active Duty and MOANG Airmen into

  • Mission Control, we have a problem

    Twenty-eight students from the Whiteman Air Force Base Youth Center and the local community embarked on a Space Station Alpha mission July 31 at the Community Activities Center with the Challenger Center for Space. Students participated in a video conference with Mission Control, located in W. Va.,

  • After 33 years of service, ACC vice commander bids farewell

    Teammates, It has been a sincere privilege to have served with you on this, my last and culminating chapter of Service. I have learned so much from all of you, and have taken great pride in how selflessly and tirelessly you all have worked as a team in some challenging times to support our boss, our

  • Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony to be held August 7

    The Secretary of the Air Force, the honorable Michael B. Donley, and the Chief of Staff of the Air Force, General Norton A. Schwartz, have officially announced the Air Force Global Strike Command Activation Ceremony will take place August 7 at Barksdale Air Force Base, La. The ceremony will begin at

  • What is MORALE?

    There should be no doubt, our military mission hinges on high MORALE. Without it, the mission can still be done, but only begrudgingly. We must look out for our number 1 asset - our people. We can lead the proverbial horse to water and because we have military discipline, we can even make it drink,

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Airman 1st Class James Evans, 509th Maintenance Squadron, recently received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. Rickey Rodgers, 509th Bomb Wing Vice Commander.Personally Speaking Go-by name: James L. Evans IV Duty Title: Aircraft Hydraulic Systems Journeymen Time on Station: One year, three months

  • Varsity and Victory--Whiteman's Soccer Team

    On July 4, the Whiteman Varsity Soccer Team was on their way to Kansas City preparing to spend the holiday in a unique way. At the Kansas City Wizard's stadium, Whiteman's varsity team went head-to-head against a varsity Marine team composed of members stationed at the Richards-Gebaur Memorial

  • When to call 911

    An estimated 240 million calls are made to 911 in the U.S. each year. Approximately 96 percent of the geographic U.S. is covered by some type of 911. According to the Federal Communications Commission, one-third are wireless calls. In many communities, it's one-half or more of all 911 calls