• Cyber threats: Don't be a victim

    Just as there are Safety Days to reinforce the need to care for wingmen, it is important to highlight the need for securing of the cyber domain. Undisciplined use of military networks exposes critical information to those with malicious intent. Heeding some key points will help personnel recognize

  • Stealth fighter, bomber deployed to Guam for first time

    For the first time, F-22 Raptors and B-2 Spirits, the only stealth platforms in the Air Force's current inventory, are deployed outside the continental United States to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, showcasing the U.S. commitment to peace and stability in the region. Fourteen F-22s and more than

  • B-2 aircrew participates in exercise in Pacific

    Airmen aboard a B-2 Spirit tested their endurance in a 24-hour, 8,000-mile mission to Alaska and back to Guam March 12 in an exercise showcasing U.S. commitment to peace and stability throughout the Pacific region. Four B-2s and 270 Airmen from the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron are deployed to

  • Whiteman crew chief flies into enlisted history

    March 13 the airplane "Spirit of Arizona" awaited a historic moment in its hangar as Sergeant Teague, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron dedicated crew chief, smiling confidently, strode across the flight line sporting his flight suit and helmet. Fellow Airmen greeted him jovially before the

  • Do I hear bees?

    Sometimes, for no apparent reason, I begin to hear buzzing sounds. At first I thought it was tinnitus, but that's ringing not buzzing. Then I figured it was just me getting older. That's my wife's explanation for everything, but I soon realized that wasn't it either. After ruling out the other

  • New commander to take reins, 509th BW Change of Command

    Brig. Gen. Garrett Harencak, 509th Bomb Wing commander, will relinquish his command March 26 and head to Washington D.C. to be the Principal Assistant Deputy Administrator for Military Application, Deputy Administrator for Defense Programs, National Nuclear Security Administration, at the Department