• 509th AMXS receives new commander

    Maj. Richard Gibbs, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Kevin Gulden during a change-of-command ceremony July 12. Rank and Name: Maj. Rick Gibbs Squadron: 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Date Assumed Command: July 12 Previous Assignment: College of Naval

  • BX and SmartPay® make good cents

    The competitive prices and convenience local Army & Air Force Exchange Service operations offer military shoppers don't end at work. In fact, all authorized GSA SmartPay® Card holders can quickly and easily get the items their unit or office needs without leaving Whiteman or, if making a purchase

  • AAFES bringing music to troops ears with iPod giveaways

    In conjunction with their annual back to school sale, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is partnering with Mead to give military shoppers a chance to win one of nine iPod Nanos. From July 13-Aug. 30, troops and their families can fill out an entry form at their local base exchange for the

  • Spirit Award

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Rigelman, 509th Maintenance Squadron, received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. John Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, July 16. Cicily Hoover, West 50 Storage manager, nominated Sergeant Rigelman for the award. Sergeant Rigelman assisted an elderly tenant who was in

  • Fire survivors live to tell others

    A routine stop at a local intersection turned into an extraordinary event for Susan Wagner and her 16-year-old daughter Brooklynn, June 25, when the truck they were driving in burst into flames. The wife and daughter of Master Sgt. Phillip Wagner, 509th Maintenance Squadron, were driving a 1992

  • Let me tell you a story

    Future National Football League Hall of Fame running back Emmitt Smith was a good college football player for the University of Florida, but he was a great professional football player for the Dallas Cowboys. Two intriguing questions come from those statements: What is the difference? And, what made

  • BX celebrates back to school "tax-free holiday" every day

    While stores across Johnson County will be jammed for a handful of days in the coming months for "tax-free" holidays on select items, Whiteman's base exchange continues to offer tax-free shopping every day on everything in the store. With merchandise ranging from shoes, school supplies, clothing and

  • May case lot event sets sales record

    Commissary customers around the world must have written across their May calendar in big, red letters: "Shop till you drop!" That's exactly what happened as the World's Biggest Case Lot Sale set a new record for May worldwide case lot sales with more than $12.5 million in sales and 1.8 million cases

  • ALS graduates 32 future NCOs

    The Whiteman Airman Leadership School Class 07-F graduated 27 senior airmen and five staff sergeants in a ceremony July 12 at the Mission's End. The award winners were: Senior Airman Ronald Lerch, 13th Bomb Squadron, John L. Levitow Staff Sgt. Christopher Smith, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron

  • DeCA pulls Gerber ORGANIC Rice, ORGANIC Oatmeal cereals

    Commissaries worldwide have been directed to remove from their shelves all packages of 8-ounce Gerber ORGANIC Rice and ORGANIC Oatmeal cereals due to a potential choking hazard. Gerber announced the voluntary recall July 13 after it was found that the products may contain lumps of cereal which do