• Global Strike Command leader updates progress

    Air Force Global Strike Command's top officer provided an update on the command's progress toward full operational capability during a speech at the Capitol Hill Club here Oct. 2. Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, the AFGSC commander, outlined the progress in bringing online the first new major command in

  • Low Observable shop keeps the B-2 in the air and off the radar

    The Airmen of the 509th Maintenance Squadron Low Observable Section keep the B-2 in the air and off of the radar scopes. With the B-2 depending largely on its stealth capability for mission success, a great deal of time and care is taken to ensure the aircraft' s invisibility in the air. " We

  • Team Whiteman prepares for the NORI

    Team Whiteman recently completed exercise SPIRIT FORCE 09-5, their last Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise for the year. In less than 10 days, members of the Air Combat Command Inspector General Team will arrive to conduct a Nuclear Operational Readiness Inspection. "NORI's are the primary way

  • Whiteman Contractors handle the big bucks

    As the fiscal year drew to a close Wednesday, the 509th Contracting Squadron scrambled to ensure that Whiteman's work force had the materials needed to complete their tasks. "The mission of 509th CONS is to direct and provide support to the 509th Bomb Wing, 131st Fighter Wing, 442nd Fighter Wing and

  • Where do you fit in the "Mission Puzzle"?

    At one time or another, we have all put together a jigsaw puzzle. Each piece a different shape and series of colors or parts of a picture. Our mission here at Whiteman is similar to a puzzle, only it's a lot more complex. Alone, each piece is simple and unique, having its own specific place within

  • 509th CES readies equipment for snow and ice removal

    In late September, amid inspections and exercises, football season and school functions, thoughts of snow shovels are months away. After all, the leaves are just beginning to fall. Tech. Sgt. Fredrick Denne, Heavy Equipment Operator, 509th Bomb Wing Civil Engineer Squadron, on the other hand, is

  • In the Midst of Ghosts

    (Editor's Note: The following is an excerpt from the book "We Were Crewdogs V - We Flew Heavies" by  Tommy Towery. The book is scheduled to be published November of this year.)I thought to myself, "Had Charles Dickens written "A Christmas Carol" as a war story, then this would have been the setting

  • General Fraser takes command of ACC

    Gen. William M. Fraser III assumed command of Air Combat Command from Gen. John D. W. Corley in a ceremony here Sept. 10. The ACC commander leads the largest major command in the Air Force and acts as the lead agent for the Combat Air Forces, which includes elements of U.S. Air Forces in Europe,

  • RE Flight develops improvements for the B-2

    The B-2 Sprit is hailed as the world's most technologically advanced bomber. With anything, however, there is always room for improvement. That's where the 509th Maintenance Operations Squadron Research Engineering Flight comes in. A four-man crew, the RE Flight's mission is to provide on-site,