• 509th AMXS receives new commander

    Maj. Richard Gibbs, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Kevin Gulden during a change-of-command ceremony July 12. Rank and Name: Maj. Rick Gibbs Squadron: 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Date Assumed Command: July 12 Previous Assignment: College of Naval

  • Spirit Award

    Staff Sgt. Timothy Rigelman, 509th Maintenance Squadron, received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Col. John Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, July 16. Cicily Hoover, West 50 Storage manager, nominated Sergeant Rigelman for the award. Sergeant Rigelman assisted an elderly tenant who was in

  • New OG commander a familiar face to Whiteman

    Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander, handed the 509th Operations Group guidon to the newly inducted group commander, Col. Thomas Bussiere, during a change-of-command ceremony July 9. Colonel Bussiere, who was stationed here from October 2002 - June 2006, returns to Whiteman Air Force

  • Serving those who serve

    I stepped off the airplane in Pittsburgh ready to address a group of veterans at State Senator Jane Clare Orie's 11th Annual Memorial Tribute to Our Veterans and Service People. There were two other planned speakers, a Navy officer who had just returned from an Iraq deployment and an individual from

  • 509th LRS receives new commander

    Maj. Mark Lynch, 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron commander, assumed command from Lt. Col. Carlos Camarillo during a change-of-command ceremony June 2. Rank and Name: Maj. Mark J. Lynch Squadron: 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron Date assumed command: July 2 Previous assignment: U.S. Army Command

  • Vice commander ready to lead, learn

    Col. John Robinson began work July 9 in his new office as the 509th Bomb Wing vice commander. He comes to Whiteman from Washington, D.C., where he was the Joint Staff division chief for the South and South East Asia Division. "I am very excited to be here and to be a part of this very unique wing,

  • Living leadership

    Early in our Air Force careers we are taught that leadership is the art of influencing people to accomplish the mission and many would agree that successful leaders possess certain personal characteristics, such as having a positive attitude, compassion or courage that makes them successful. Yet,

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Capt. Jason Mayne, 509th Communication Squadron information systems flight commander, received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander July 2. Retired Col. John Riffle, president of the Military Officers Association of America, nominated Captain Mayne for

  • Whiteman Spirit Award

    Capt. Summer Morgenstern, 509th Bomb Wing, and Robert Fuemmeler, 509th Mission Support Squadron, received the Whiteman Spirit Award from Brig. Gen. Greg Biscone, 509th Bomb Wing commander, June 4 and June 22, respectively. Sharon Blindauer, 509th MSS, nominated Captain Morgenstern and Mr. Fuemmeler

  • First to fight leader departs for capital

    The B-2 Spirit is a multi-role bomber capable of delivering both conventional and nuclear weapons. Its low-observable characteristics give it the unique ability to penetrate an enemy's most sophisticated defenses and strike its most valued and heavily defended targets without the enemy ever