• ALS graduates 32 future NCOs

    ALS graduates 32 future NCOs The Whiteman Airman Leadership School Class 08-B graduated 32 senior Airmen in a ceremony Dec. 14 at the Mission's End. The award winners were: Senior Airman Steven Poettker, 325th Weapons Squadron, John L. Levitow; Senior Airman Chad Burk, 509th Aircraft Maintenance

  • It’s Better To Give

    There's an old saying - 'tis better to give, than to receive - this time of year it seems to be more prevalent. Oh sure we have Angel trees, food pantries, and the bell-ringers to remind us to give. And that is great. But what about the rest of the year? It is the small things we do year-round that

  • Base motorcycle club helps local children

    So for three years now we, the Green Knights Motorcycle Club have tried to get some kind of Toy Run started. But to no avail it has fallen apart every year, for one reason or another. Usually because it was always presented as just another toy run among the many other toy runs that people were

  • Not a good day for the bad guys

    Ambushed The scene: a road turned battlefield near Logistics Support Area Anaconda, Iraq, Nov. 18, 2005. The Whiteman Airmen involved: Staff Sgt. Andrew Finan, Airmen 1st Class Cody Newsom and Brittany Musleh, 732nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base.

  • 8th AF Command Chief visits

    Command Chief Master Sgt. Todd Kabalan, the 8th Air Force command chief master sergeant, visited Whiteman this week to see the 509th Bomb Wing perform its mission first hand. Chief Kabalan is stationed at 8th Air Force Headquarters, Barksdale Air Force Base, La., and is the senior enlisted adviser

  • DOD recognizes 509er

    A Team Whiteman member was recently recognized as the best logistician in the Department of Defense. Capt. Adam Minnich, 509th Logistic Readiness Squadron, received the 2007 Defense Logistics "Beyond The Call of Duty: Logistician of the Year" award at an awards banquet in Washington, D.C., Nov. 27.