• 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

  • New OG commander a familiar face to Whiteman

    Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander, handed the 509th Operations Group guidon to the newly inducted group commander, Col. Thomas Bussiere, during a change-of-command ceremony July 9. Colonel Bussiere, who was stationed here from October 2002 - June 2006, returns to Whiteman Air Force

  • Serving those who serve

    I stepped off the airplane in Pittsburgh ready to address a group of veterans at State Senator Jane Clare Orie's 11th Annual Memorial Tribute to Our Veterans and Service People. There were two other planned speakers, a Navy officer who had just returned from an Iraq deployment and an individual from

  • 509th LRS receives new commander

    Maj. Mark Lynch, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Carlos Camarillo during a change-of-command ceremony June 2. Rank and Name: Maj. Mark J. Lynch Squadron: 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Date assumed command: July 2 Previous assignment: U.S. Army Command

  • 509th CES receives new commander

    Maj. Craig Johnson, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Pamela Moxley during a change-of-command ceremony June 29. Personally speakingRank and Name: Maj. Craig P. Johnson Squadron: 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Date assumed command: June 29 Previous assignment: