• Integrity First: Reflections on the Mission

    Everyday at Whiteman Air Force Base our Warrior Airmen are confronted with challenges and choices when executing their duties to Hunt Down and Destroy America's Enemies. The decisions we make and the actions we take can and will have a direct impact on both the 509th Bomb Wing and our nation. We all

  • Sippy Cups and Your Child’s Teeth

    As soon as teeth appear in the mouth, decay can occur. One of the risk factors for early childhood caries (sometimes called baby bottle tooth decay or nursing mouth syndrome) is frequent and prolonged exposure of a baby's teeth to liquids, such as fruit juice, milk or formula, which all contain

  • Whose Responsibility Is It Anyway?

    It has been said that when the student is ready, the teacher appears. That is exactly how I felt back in the summer of 2004. As a relatively new Major, I felt I was ready for command, but wondered if the opportunity would ever present itself.As fate would have it, I was called upon to stand in as

  • Deployed bomb squadron completes seventh global power sortie

    The 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed B-2 Spirit bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., took off late in the evening on Jan. 17 in support of a global power mission to Alaska. "A Polar lightning mission, a global power mission to Alaska, is the longest training mission we fly from

  • B-2 pilots support different kind of DV tour

    On Jan.25, pilots from the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron, deployed here with their B-2 Spirit stealth bomber from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., met at hanger one to support a different kind of distinguished visitor tour. That morning, 15 members of the Denver Broncos cheerleaders arrived at