• STEALTHWERX office hosts Spark Tank competition

    The 509th Bomb Wing’s STEALTHWERX office hosted a Spark Tank competition, Oct. 9, 2020, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.Spark Tank is a competition, across the Air Force, where Airmen pitch their innovative ideas to a panel of wing and community leaders. Winners at the wing level move on to

  • USSTRATCOM Commander visits WAFB

    U.S. Navy Adm. Charles Richard, U.S. Strategic Command commander, U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Schreiner, 509th Bomb Wing commander, and U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Calhoun, 131st Bomb Wing commander, walk to Base Operations at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 14, 2020. The primary goal of

  • Airman leads 509th AMXS innovation

    As Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Air Force Chief of Staff stated in his Accelerate Change or Lose message, “Our Airmen must be multi-capable and adaptable team builders, as well as innovative and courageous problem solvers, and demonstrate value in the diversity of thought, ingenuity, and initiative.”At

  • Specialized resources for our special needs

    Air Force leaders recognizes that having a family member with special needs comes with additional challenges and access to resources in the face of obstacles is important for mission readiness and quality of life.The Exceptional Family Member Program is an all-encompassing program that works with

  • Volunteers from 509th, 131st AMXS wash B-29 static display

    The Great Artiste, a Silverplate B-29 Superfortress, showcases its nose art at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 15, 2020. The Great Artiste is a converted SB-29 rescue aircraft painted to look like the original after it was heavily damaged and scrapped following a crash in September 1949 at

  • Whiteman Air Force Base to test “giant voice” alert system Oct. 1-2

    Whiteman Air Force Base is scheduled to conduct a “giant voice” alert system upgrade test on Oct. 1, 11 a.m. until 4 p.m. and Oct. 2, from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m.A series of sounds and announcements will be heard during the test, which may be audible beyond the base perimeter. During the Oct. 1 test, a

  • Team Whiteman honors POW/MIA Recognition Day

    Members of Team Whiteman ran, walked and rucked for 24 hours to honor and remember prisoners of war and those missing in action at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Sept. 17-18, 2020.More than 125 volunteers participated in the 24-hour POW/MIA Remembrance event by completing laps around the Ike