• Whiteman munitions officer recognized at AF level

    A 509th Bomb Wing company grade officer was recently recognized as one of the Air Force's top munitions officers with his selection for the 2008 Air Force Lt. Gen. Leo A. Marquez Award in the munitions or missile maintenance category. 1st Lt. Claus Fasting, a 509th Munitions Squadron munitions

  • Whiteman Airmen Deploy to Guam

    Four B-2 Stealth Bombers from the 13th Bomb Squadron, deployed to Anderson AFB, Guam, from Whiteman AFB Feb. 22 and 23 in support of the continuous bomber presence mission in the Western Pacific. The four month deployment, sixth from Whiteman since March 1998, is led by the 13th Bomb Squadron and

  • The Law of the Fist, Tolliver's School of Kenpo Karate comes to Whiteman

    It has been said that the best defense is a good offense. While Sensei Tolliver respectfully agrees, he asks the question, "is it too much to ask for both?" With this in mind, about twenty members of Team Whiteman came to Tolliver's School of Kenpo Karate's first class Feb. 2, at the fitness center

  • Missouri native receives Air Force Scroll of Appreciation

    Brig. Gen. Garrett Harencak, 509th Bomb Wing commander, presented Joe Scallorns, with the prestigious Air Force Scroll of Appreciation Jan. 17 during the B-2 Gala in Kansas City. Mr. Scallorns is a Missouri native who was president and CEO of the Farmers and Traders Bank in California, Mo. until he

  • "Fathers of Stealth" visit Whiteman

    Four of the original designers of the B-2 Stealth Bomber held a "Fathers of Stealth" panel Jan. 16 to elaborate on ideas behind the development of the unique aircraft. They described the fabrication process and answer questions regarding its conception. The four "fathers" to visit Whiteman were John

  • B-2 Stealth Bike Unveiled At Whiteman AFB

    The scene was twenty years in the making. The morning sun poured into an aircraft hangar as hundreds of military personnel, civilians and family members ushered in anxiously waiting to see something special Dec. 4. Northrop Grumman would not allow the 20th Anniversary of the B-2 Stealth Bomber's

  • 509th Medical Group Wins Three ACC Awards

    The 509th Medical Group was notified Dec. 10 2008, that they were awarded three Air Force Medical Service awards by Air Combat Command for superior achievements in human performance, pharmacy, and dental services. "We're very excited to have been selected for these awards and pleased to know that

  • The most important Airman

    The United States Air Force, and the Army Air Corps before 1947, has grown into the premier air force in the world. Time and again we have shown our capability. We have gotten so good that we've changed the way wars are waged. Airpower has come a long way since Gen. Billy Mitchell fought for a

  • MOAA provides link between members and government organizations

    The Military Officers Association of America, Spirit Chapter Whiteman AFB, invites all active duty, Reserve, retired, former officers and warrent officers fo the Air Force, Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Coast Guard, Public Health Service and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to a social