• Spouses clubs looking for new members

    The Whiteman Officer Spouses Club will be hosting a membership drive Sept. 19 at the Stars and Strokes Bowling Center. While the next Whiteman Enlisted Spouses Club is Sept. 17 at Missions End. The goal of these socials is to add new members to the clubs while also enjoying good time. "The purpose

  • Acting SECAF visits Whiteman Warriors

    Acting Secretary of the Air Force Eric Fanning visited Whiteman Air Force Base Aug. 15 to meet with Airmen and get an in-depth look at the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber mission. Fanning first stopped at a B-2 dock to talk to the pilots, crew chiefs, specialists and weapons loaders responsible for making

  • Former CMSAF Gaylor shares wisdom with Team Whiteman

    Former Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Robert Gaylor took time Aug. 7- 8 to talk with Whiteman Airmen and get a first-hand look at the B-2 Spirit mission.Gaylor, who served as the fifth CMSAF from 1977 to 1979, said getting out and talking to today's Airmen is his version of paying back all the

  • Delicate electronics create massive firepower

    The B-2 Spirit is the most feared weapons system on the planet, but it would not be if not for the 509th Maintenance Squadron avionics back shop team.The avionics team works around the clock repairing equipment to ensure the B-2's internal system maintains the capabilities needed to perform

  • Airsave vest provides peace of mind to aircrew

    Just like computer programmers upgrade their technology to make processes more efficient, the Air Force upgrades flight equipment to ease daily procedures and save time, effort and expense.The 509th Operations Support Squadron airfield flight equipment shop recently received two brand-new Airsave

  • Load crews battle for bragging rights

    There is no room for error.Every step and every hand movement made by the crews loading munitions onto B-2 Spirit stealth bombers is deliberate and steady, and every thought must focus on what to do next.When B-2s are called upon to provide a rapid, forceful response, Air Force officials know they

  • President Obama touches down at Whiteman

    President Barack Obama touched down at Whiteman Air Force Base July 24, 2013, on his way to give a speech at the University of Central Missouri in nearby Warrensburg.Once he stepped off Air Force One, Obama greeted 509th Bomb Wing leadership before greeting more than 50 Whiteman warriors who are

  • 509th MOS inactivated at Whiteman

    The 509th Maintenance Group bid farewell to the 509th Maintenance Operations Squadron during an inactivation ceremony here July 15.Although the squadron is inactivating, all maintenance functions currently performed will continue and all previously assigned personnel will fall under the 509th MXG

  • B-2 pilot's dream comes full circle 17 years later

    On a sunny Florida day at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in October 1996, a young man saw a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber in flight for the first time. Jasen Hunter, who had just graduated from high school, witnessed the naming ceremony fly-by for the Air Force's newest B-2, the Spirit of Florida.

  • Surviving from point A to point B

    Flying is inherently danger--every flight and every mission carry the possibility of crashing.To ensure all Airmen who take this risk have the best possible chance of making it through and returning home to their loved ones, survival, evasion, resistance and escape (SERE) specialists provide combat