• Rising above the fitness challenge

    National championship - these two words can push an athlete to their physical and mental limits, but exactly what does it take to make it to the nationals? Staff Sgt. Brian Frank, 509th Communications Squadron, knows what it takes. Sergeant Frank will compete against an elite group of off-road

  • LNSI success — teamwork maintains confidence

    After Labor Day weekend, I returned to work to discover that we were about to receive yet another visit from the Air Combat Command Inspector General -- this time unannounced. Strategic Air Command used to conduct "no notice" inspections, and I recall twenty years ago experiencing that - but they

  • Airmen commemorate 60th anniversary through the mail

    Airmen will have a unique opportunity to commemorate the Air Force's 60th anniversary Sept. 18 through Oct. 18. The Air Force and U.S. Postal Service have joined forces to offer a commemorative postmark that will be available for cancellation from Sept. 18 to Oct. 18 at 40 base post offices

  • 509th Bomb Wing conducts change of command

    Col. Garrett Harencak took the reins of the 509th Bomb Wing from Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone during a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 14 at the 442nd Fighter Wing 5-bay hangar. Lt. Gen. Robert J. Elder, 8th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony. Military change-of-commands are a time-honored

  • Deployed 509er earns Navy Achievement Medal

    When two F/A-18 Hornets encountered engine trouble and had to land at an air patch at Ali Al Salem, Air Base, Kuwait, Aug. 25-26, Tech. Sgt. Dale Wilson, 509th Operations Support Squadron, currently deployed to the 386th Air Expeditionary Wing OSS, spent 36 hours in supporting the aircraft pilots

  • One final check turn

    Seventeen months ago I returned to Whiteman for the last of what have become three extremely rewarding assignments. It felt like I returned home. Many of you introduced or reintroduced yourselves to me as I made my around the base. You did much to turbo-charge my transition and enable me to better