• Former CMSAF meets Airmen, gives leadership tips

    Several Whiteman Airmen received a lesson in leadership and management last week from a man who spent the much of his Air Force career teaching the subjects. Retired Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor spoke at the Chief recognition banquet March 9 on the techniques and importance of

  • Thrift shop gives back, saves money

    Shopping can be a frustrating and expensive venture. Having to drive out of town only to find that what you are looking for is out of your price range can be a waste of time and gas. The Whiteman Thrift Shop offers an alternative to the disappointment and frustration often associated with

  • Serving our Airmen, mission

    Since the Revolutionary War, morale, welfare and recreation programs have been recognized as an essential part of America's military. Back in those days, Services focused on fundamentals such as providing food and shelter. Commanders knew the important role combat support had in contributing to

  • Videos keep military close to home

    Thousands of military men and women send videos to their children. But the latest trend features the parents as the stars of the videos. Children see and hear their parent reading a storybook to them, from thousands of miles away. It's part of United Through Reading®, an organization that takes the

  • Air Force discontinues decals

    As of Feb. 9, Whiteman Air Force Base no longer issues the DD Form 2220 or registers privately owned vehicles. Prior to the actions that occurred on Sept. 11, 2001, the way to enter an installation was the simple process of an individual at the gate seeing the current decal visible on a vehicle and

  • PDC opens doors to Airmen

    After nearly two years of anticipation, key education and base leaders got together Feb. 2 to celebrate the opening of the Professional Development Center, a $12.66 million construction that six education agencies will soon call home. The ribbon cutting ceremony dedicated this new 76,000 square foot

  • Mission RED FLAG: Commander's vectors

    Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander visited Nellis Air Force Base this week to see first-hand Whiteman Airmen in action as they prepared B-2s to execute strike missions during the RED FLAG exercise. In a meeting with Airmen at the Nellis Crosswinds dining facility, General Biscone

  • RED FLAG Sharpens war-fighting skills

    Four B-2s and 135 people deployed from the 13th Bomb Squadron Jan. 12 to join personnel from 23 United States and United Kingdom bases for a RED FLAG exercise at here. "RED FLAG is a large force integration exercise designed to give pilots and maintainers a taste of combat," said Lt. Col. Bill

  • Eight key leadership lessons for all Airmen

    Bob Vasquez has spent more than 35 years watching Air Force officers -- first from his vantage point as a noncommissioned officer and now as an instructor at the Air Force Academy. He's seen junior officers do some good things, and he's seen them do some stupid things that stand in the way of their

  • Are we making a difference?

    I returned home in May 2005, after 379 days deployed in the Horn of Africa. It was a long year, and there were many times I wondered whether what we were doing was making a difference. The poverty was unimaginable, the living conditions unbearable, and the threat of Islamic terrorists reestablishing