• Team Whiteman bands together, restores B-2 Spirit static display

    Airmen with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, 131st Maintenance Squadron and the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron worked together to restore the famed B-2 Spirit static display and placed it back on watch on October 18, 2020 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.The Low Observable corrosion section

  • 509th MXS restores historic static aircraft display

    U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Tracy Bethea, 509th Maintenance Squadron low-observable maintenance technician, paints around the Air Force Roundel at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 13, 2020. The body of the Boeing B-47 Stratojet static aircraft had to be sanded down during restoration

  • 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