• Whiteman AFB recognizes chief master sergeant selects

    Four chief master sergeants select and current chief master sergeants from across Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, pose for a photo with Col. Jeffrey Shreiner and Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, the 509th Bomb Wing commander and command chief, on Dec. 4, 2019. By federal law, Airmen holding the

  • 509th Medical Group closes temporarily today

    509th Medical Group closes temporarily todayWHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – The 509th Medical Group closed at 11:30 a.m. on November 25.  Public health and 509th Civil Engineer Squadron’s pest management flight confirmed the presence of bed bugs in an isolated non-patient care corridor of the 509th

  • Whiteman Airman performs life-saving aid on airline flight

    Travelling from Pennsylvania to Ohio, Oct. 3, 2019, on an airline flight, Senior Airman Caleb Smith, a 509th Munitions Squadron munition systems technician assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, encountered extreme turbulence.“Halfway through my flight there were strange sounds and commotion

  • 509th CONS Airmen participate in deployment exercise

    Airmen with the 509th Contracting Squadron participated in a mock deployment exercise called Operation Pathfinder, Oct. 7 to 10, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Operation Pathfinder simulated the mobilization of two teams of nine contracting Airmen to support a forward operating location

  • Team Whiteman hosts KC Chiefs outreach event

    As part of the Salute to Service campaign, National Football League’s Kansas City Chiefs and USAA held an event at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 29, 2019. During the visit, Airmen showcased their role in the Whiteman AFB mission beyond preparing aircraft for flyover support for NFL games.

  • Global Strike this week: Capability, professionalism and boldness

    The men and women of Air Force Global Strike Command have not only had a busy week, but have repeatedly showcased the importance of rapid deployment to conduct combat operations.During the past week, AFGSC, in coordination with U.S. Strategic Command, U.S. European Command and U.S. Central Command,

  • Hope: My sword, shield in the battlefield

    As a young child, I routinely dealt with chronic depression. Due to my own ignorance and grave fear of what my family would think, I kept silent on the issue.I carried this with me years after joining the Air Force in 2014. Three years into my service, the internal pain I experienced from bottling

  • Vape safely or not at all

    With the use of electronic cigarettes on the rise, concerned Air Force health officials warn of the possible side effects of these devices.According to Alicia Ferris-Dannenberg, the 509th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron health promotion coordinator, vape use at Team Whiteman increased from