• 509th Comm Squadron has new look

    Communications squadrons throughout the Air Force are undergoing a complete restructuring, which the 509th CS will have completed by Sept. 1. The biggest benefit is gaining improved customer service through centralization. Information management and information security, for example, are now in

  • 509th MDSS receives new commander

    Lt. Col. Matthew Escher, 509th Medical Support Squadron commander, took command from Lt. Col. Jon Welch during a change-of-command ceremony Aug 13. Previous assignment: 42d Medical Operations Squadron primary care flight commander, Maxwell AFB, Ala. Time in service: 14 years Commissioning source:

  • 208 Team Whiteman members selected for promotion

    Air Force officials selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 41.33 percent, up 5.46 percent from last year. "The promotion opportunity for this year is outstanding," said Chief Master Sgt. Rusty Nicholson, the enlisted promotion branch

  • Kids, teachers return to school

    School is back in session, and Whiteman Elementary School would like to provide parents and other drivers some tips to help them make the children's arrival and dismissal as safe as possible. When picking up children - Stay in your vehicle when in the circle. The students will load from the sidewalk

  • Remembering the Army Air Forces and the newly created U.S. Air Force

    It was a historical event - Sept. 18, 1947, the day the U.S. Air Force became a separate branch of the armed services as authorized by the National Security Act of 1947 passed by Congress. Stuart Symington was sworn in as secretary of the Air Force and Gen. Carl Spaatz was sworn in as the chief of

  • Skills for success

    Boom! The deafening sound of an improvised explosive device going off brings the convoy to a halt as insurgents open fire. The Airmen the convoy is comprised of answer the small arms fire with their own as they set up a defense for the convoy under siege. This is a scenario Airmen, Soldiers, Marines