• Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off March 23

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign is kicks off March 23 and runs through May 1 at Whiteman Air Force Base to raises money for four charities that directly support Air Force families. "This program truly benefits the Air Force family here," said Capt. Anthony Davis, 509th Medical Operations

  • Air Force selects new Senior Master Sergeants

    The Air Force selected 1,450 Master Sergeants for promotion to Senior Master Sergeant. The following members of Team Whiteman were among those selected:. Buddy McClain, Vincent Miller, Brad Plante, Richi Buford and Randy Walton, 509th Maintenance Squadron Scott Johnson and Ronald Vickers, 509th

  • Reinvigorating the Air Force Nuclear Enterprise

    "Deterrence is extremely important and the enemy's got to think that we can place that weapon wherever we need to do it whenever we need it. The American public is depending on us and has entrusted us to do that -- to maintain those weapons and that deterrent capability safely ... it's good for me

  • 509th SFS Airmen take aim with MK-19

    The legendary 1873 Colt Peacemaker is often acclaimed to be "the gun that won the West." It was a Peacemaker wielded by Pat Garrett that ended the life of Billy the Kid July 14, 1881, at Fort Sumner, N.M. Although the "gun that won the west" was also carried by such frontier legends as Doc Holliday,

  • Team Whiteman to conduct MARE March 10

    To prepare Team Whiteman for the upcoming tornado season, Whiteman AFB will conduct a Major Accident Response Exercise March 10 from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m. The exercise will be conducted base-wide excluding Whiteman Elementary School and any personnel directly involved with flying operations. Knob