• Celebrate the Holiday Season

    December is a busy month full of family, friends and holiday cheer. It's also a time to reflect on the past year and celebrate the special people in our lives, near and far, young and old, whom we hold dear.In this spirit of reflection and celebration I'd like to thank the men and women of the

  • B-2: Calling Whiteman home for 16 years

    It emerges above the tree line with a quiet rumble - a slender, dark figure rising into the twilight of a frigid Missouri evening. The thin grey line grows into the shape of a giant wedge as the craft banks right, on course to destroy. The craft levels out and disappears into the clear, blue evening

  • Propulsion Flight: The power behind the machine

    Weighing in at 160,000 pounds, its capability to penetrate air defenses and threaten effective retaliation providing a strong, effective deterrent has made it a combat force known worldwide; however, the B-2 would not be able to get off the ground without the work of a small team of Airmen here. The

  • Air Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing help man aircrew flight equipment operations

    Missouri Air National Guard and active duty Air Force are working together to make the B-2 Spirit mission at Whiteman Air Force Base a success.The 131st - formerly a St. Louis-based fighter wing - changed designations to a bomb wing and moved to Whiteman as a classic associate unit. That mission is

  • Whiteman Athlete of the Year named

    Lt. Col. Kristin Goodwin, 393rd Bomb Squadron Director of Operations, was recently named Whiteman Athlete of the Year.Colonel Goodwin, one of the few women to pilot America's premier stealth bomber, is also a tri-athlete. "Over the last year, I focused my training mainly on triathlons," said Colonel

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Brig. Gen. Robert Wheeler, 509th Bomb Wing commander, presented Maj. Sanora Brunson, 509th Comptroller Squadron commander, with the Whiteman Spirit Award Nov. 30. Retired Air Force Colonel John Riffle, nominated the Airman for the award.According to the nomination, Major Brunson demonstrated

  • Whiteman firefighters victorious at 'Combat Challenge'

    Team Whiteman firefighters garnered various team and individual awards at the culmination of the five-day 2009 Scott Firefighter Combat Challenge in Las Vegas Nov. 20.Thousands of firefighters from more than 600 fire departments, across the world and country, competed against each other in an array

  • Local robotics team tours 'The Spirit'

    A local robotics team took an up-close and personal look at the B-2 stealth bomber, here, Nov. 17. The Heartland Home Educators Stealth Robotics team, a group of 13 youth from the surrounding area, built a robot to compete in the Boosting Engineering Science and Technology series of competitions,

  • Where the 'Mission Ends' and the fun begins

    Housed in a B-2 shaped structure there is a facility and staff that offer a variety of events and entertainment for both military and civilian employees, from the youngest to the most seasoned, here.The Missions End, also known as The Club, has been offering a variety of catered events large and

  • Operation Care Package

    As the holiday season approaches and people gear-up to do their holiday shopping, often times servicemembers here and abroad come to mind. In an effort to help those filled with the holiday gift-giving spirit, The Airmen and Family Readiness Center offers a number of Web sites and avenues that allow