• TFI team works seamlessly during Guam deployment

    WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - It's been more than three months since Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing here deployed with active duty Airmen from the 509th Bomb Wing to support B-2's continuous presence in the Pacific. This deployment is only the second time the Air Guard has deployed

  • SecAF impressed with Airmen, B-2

     Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley visited Team Whiteman June 8, meeting with Airmen, and base and community leaders, and receiving a first-hand look at the B-2 mission - his first visit to the new Air Force Global Strike Command base. "I've been looking forward to this for many years,

  • Whiteman Airmen return from Guam deployment

    Whiteman leadership, friends and families welcomed more than 200 Airmen home, June 4, following their deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to provide a forward bomber presence for U.S. Pacific Command.The four-month deployment was led by the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and included

  • New playground opens on Whiteman

    More than 50 children attended a ribbon cutting ceremony for a new playground here May 27 on March Drive near the Spirit Gate."The overall project is part of the Fiscal Year 2007 Improve Family Housing plan," said Mr. Ernie Macios, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron project manager. The FY07 plan is a

  • Honoring Veterans

    They were there to witness the Treaty of Versailles. They were there on D-Day. They were there in Desert Storm. They were guardians of our country ... they are U.S. military veterans.Volunteers from the Whiteman community honored fallen veterans May 28 at Sunset Hill Cemetery here.The volunteers

  • Chief's Choice Award recognizes junior enlisted

    Staff Sgt. Andrew Friend was recognized May 26 for his on- and off-duty accomplishments when he became the first recipient of the Chief's Choice Award. The monthly award, selected by the Whiteman Chief's Group, recognizes E-5's and below who exemplify service before self, and dedication to the

  • Whiteman remembered in honored tradition

    It's been 69 years since one of Sedalia's own made the ultimate sacrifice; however, his name is one that will not soon be forgotten. Second Lt. George Allison Whiteman, Whiteman Air Force Base's namesake, was paid homage to during the 22nd annual memorial wreath laying ceremony May 22 at the

  • Spirit Award

    Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler, 509th Bomb Wing commander, presented the Spirit Award May 19 to Airmen and civilians from a combined working group which consisted of the 509th BW, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, and Northrop Grumman. General Wheeler

  • Spirit Award

    Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler, 509th Bomb Wing commander, presented Airmen and civilians from a combined working group which consisted of the 509th BW, Oklahoma City Air Logistics Center, the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, and Northrop Grumman with the Spirit Award May 19. General Wheeler

  • 509th MXG welcomes new commander

    Col. Matthew Kmon assumed command of the 509th Maintenance Group from Col. James Reavis during a change of command ceremony here May 14.Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler, 509th Bomb Wing commander, presided over the ceremony.Colonel Kmon was previously the Assistant Chief of Staff for Logistics, U.S. Forces