• 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

  • Air Force Bombers Conduct Global BTF Mission

    Multiple U.S. Air Force bombers from Europe and the United States conducted an extensive Bomber Task Force mission today, while integrating with NATO Allies and partners’ fighter jets. The mission flew over multiple geographic regions near the eastern-most portion of Europe and the western-most

  • Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1

    To continue minimizing close contact among personnel during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and ensure units and personnel are fully ready to resume, testing has been delayed from October to January, and testing in January will move forward without obtaining waist, height and weight measurements.

  • 20th ATKS 'Hellhounds' earn RPA Squadron of the Year

    The 20th Attack Squadron, a geographically separated unit (GSU) of the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing, and located at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, was appointed General Atomics’ 2019 Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) Squadron of the Year, as of August 18, 2020.

  • Family Advocacy helps Team Whiteman through education, support

    The 509th Medical Group Family Advocacy Program aims to support military families through education along with the response to and prevention of maltreatment.Family Advocacy offers a wide variety of services to Team Whiteman with classes for single Airmen, couples and families to find, build and