B-2s converge over Pacific Published April 20, 2010 By Airman 1st Class Torey Griffith 509th Bomb Wing Public Affairs WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- A three-ship flight of B-2 Spirit aircraft departed here recently to join B-2s temporarily deployed to Guam in a Pacific theater integration training exercise. The Whiteman B-2s joined a flight of their own B-2s temporarily based at Guam on a four-month deployment to Andersen Air Force Base to strike simulated targets in the Pacific. The mission was a collaborative effort between the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron at Andersen and the 13th Bomb Squadron, 509th Operations Support Squadron, and the 509th Aircraft Maintenance Group at Whiteman as well as the 36th Wing-the host unit. The multiple B-2s were over the target area during the same time, said Maj. Todd Moenster, 509th Operations Support Squadron executive officer, and member of the mission planning cell for the exercise. "They came from radically different places on the globe and got the job done." "This exercise validates the fact that we can operate from two locations and create the desired effects on potential enemies at the right time," he said. The major said the overall purpose was to synchronize assets from Guam and Whiteman and complete a simulated strike over the Pacific. "The mission proved that precise coordination and execution can shrink the tyranny of distance, and achieve overwhelming effects; aspects of airpower only achievable through the outstanding professionalism and training of all of our airmen," said Col. Jeffrey Vandenbussche, 36th Operations Group Commander. "The bottom line is we can reach out--anywhere on the globe--and [in a] real-life mission, nobody will see [us] coming," the major said.