• Missouri Veterans' Home visits Team Whiteman

    Veterans from the Missouri Veterans’ Home visited Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Aug. 26, 2016, to learn about the Whiteman mission and trade stories about their time in the service. The 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) hosted the veterans after Staff Sgt. Ryan Jardina, the NCO in charge

  • How Whiteman Airmen fit into the global nuclear deterrence mission

    If you turn a wrench, inspect a small piece of equipment on the jet, feed the troops, ensure we get paid, take pictures of Airmen, administer health evaluations, build or maintain our facilities, or do any other of the hundreds of jobs and roles and tasks necessary to execute the Whiteman mission;

  • Assurance and Deterrence

    U.S. Strategic Command forces operate 24-hours-a-day, seven-days-a-week detecting and deterring strategic attack against the U.S. and our allies.

  • 509th BW leaders play BAAD role

    U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV, the 509th Bomb Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Melvina Smith, the 509th Bomb Wing command chief, visit Airmen from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., during their deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam.

  • B-2 Spirit displays presence during BAAD missions

    More than 200 Airmen and three B-2s deployed from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., to conduct local sorties and regional training and integrate with regional allies in support of Bomber Assurance and Deterrence missions.

  • Every Airman Plays a Role in Suicide Prevention

    The Air Force is determined to prevent suicide, but you don’t need to be a specialist or doctor to do that. Sometimes all it takes is starting a conversation. Everyone has a role to play. That’s a key part of the Department of Defense’s #BeThere Campaign, which encourages making a difference through

  • Whiteman Airman receives 2016 JINSA Grateful Nation Award

    Every year since 2003, the Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Grateful Nation Award is presented to six members, one from each branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and the U.S. Special Operations Command, who are recognized for having distinguished themselves through superior conduct

  • Talons Out: Companion Trainer Program keeps pilots in air

    The T-38 Talon plays a vital role in the Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., mission; it provides the needed training for pilots to keep the B-2 Spirit in the air. Pilots have monthly in-flight training requirements that must be met in order maintain their mission ready status. Every pilot stationed here

  • Know, Practice, Train

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Christina Peabody, a 509th Medical Operations Squadron (MDOS) flight medicine technician, right, hands medication to Capt. Kallyn Harencak, a 509th MDOS flight surgeon, center, to treat a victim’s simulated abdominal injury during an active shooter exercise at Whiteman Air