• Climb Mount Nitaka

    "Climb Mount Nitaka", sent on Dec. 2, 1941,was the coded signal that Japan had made the decision to go to war. Having sortied in late November, the Japanese battle fleet under the command of Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo was now north of Hawaii in violent seas surrounded by a picket line of submarines

  • December is National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month

    "You Don't Drink and Drive - You Win.........You Drink & Drive - You Lose" Every day is "the day" to recognize the importance of preventing driving under the influence of alcohol or other drugs! Since 1981 every President of the United States has demonstrated his commitment to preventing impaired

  • Warrior Airman

    Our new Airman's Creed published shortly before I deployed to Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan. In September, our 455 Expeditionary Wing Commander had posters of the creed framed and posted in every office. I'm not sure if its the sight of the Creed at every turn, or the deployment experience, or the

  • Spirited remembrance; Stealth bombers mark Pearl Harbor event

    Two members of the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron piloted their B-2 Spirit stealth bomber over Pearl Harbor December 7 in honor of Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day. This flight was part of a stealth bomber global power sortie, where the aircrews practice their global reach capability by flying more

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Physician Assistant Tara Nelson, 509th Medical Group received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. Garrett Harencak, 509th Bomb Wing Commander, Dec. 3. Col. Gloria Twilley, 509 Medical Group Commander, nominated PA Tara Nelson for the award. "She is an awesome provider who takes her profession

  • Outstanding CDC end of course scores

    Fifteen Airmen who earned outstanding career development course test results were recognized at a ceremony Dec. 3 at Mission's End. They are:Airman 1st Class Demetrius Mapp 90%, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Master Sgt. Robert Jackson 93%, 509th Bomb Wing, Airman William Irizarry 90%, Airman

  • Colossal undertaking

    It was a scene that could've been straight out of the popular television show "Mega Movers." Members of the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron and 509th Civil Engineer Squadron had to move a 70,000-pound, 1.2-million-gallon fuel tank some 120 feet to allow for repairs to the tank's foundation. The