• ALS graduates future NCOs

    The Whiteman Airman Leadership School Class 09-A graduated 30 future supervisors Nov. 6 at the Mission's End.The award winners were: John L. Levitow: Staff Sgt. Kyle Gilliam, 509th Munitions Squadron,Distinguished Graduates: Staff Sgt. Jason Ornellas, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron and Senior

  • Leading from the Middle

    "Those guys up at headquarters just don't understand how it is here and are always mucking things up for us," "The commander just doesn't understand how things are in my section," "My supervisor doesn't know what I go through every day," "Someday I will be in charge, and then I'll make everything be

  • What is a Vet?

    (Editor's Note: Introduction by Chief Master Sgt. Brian Hornback, 509th bomb Wing command chief)Our Nation took time out Tuesday to reflect and remember that freedom isn't free and that price was paid for by the sacrifices of America's sons and daughters - we call them veterans. In the post

  • Turkey Day

    Summer is well behind us with winter and the Christmas holiday season quickly approaching. Before they get here, we have one holiday where we can sit down and be thankful. Thanksgiving is a day where there is no such thing as too much to eat. However, if proper sanitation and hygiene are not

  • B-52 static rededicated to Missouri native

    Despite a chill in the air, more than 50 members of team Whiteman attended a ceremony dedicating the newly painted B-52 Stratofortress static display to Capt. Robert Morris, a Missouri native who gave his life defending the ideals of America during a Linebacker II mission over North Viet Nam 26 Dec.

  • Service and sacrifice

    This past Veterans Day I was reminded of these two qualities; virtues that became a way of life nearly 70 years ago when our nation was in the midst of one of its greatest struggles ever. Times were very tough back then. We were a nation at war in a struggle against evil around the globe. A war