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  • Dedicated to delicious

    With floors like a giant black and white checker board, an easy to read plasma television to greet visitors with menu and pricing information and large windows,the decor of the Ozark Inn is very open and inviting. Every area of the establishment is spotless and nutritional information is posted throughout the Inn so nothing is considered 'mystery
  • Missouri Air National Guard celebrates End of Era with final F-15 departure

    The Missouri Air National Guard commemorated the culmination of 86 years of flying operations in St. Louis in an End of Era ceremony coinciding with the closure of the base fire house and the 131st Fighter Wing's final F-15C Eagle departure from Lambert International Airport Saturday June 13. An estimated crowd of 2000 Guardsmen, retirees, family
  • Airpower on display

    Lawn chairs lined the perimeter of the flight line as more than 40,000 people awaited the flight of the T-38 Talon. Col. Robinson, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, gave thanks to military members during the opening ceremonies and U.S. Rep. Ike Skelton introduced Lee Greenwood for the singing of the National Anthem. People of all ages and backgrounds
  • Hometown hero honored at 21st Wreath Laying Ceremony

    "It could have happened anytime, anywhere." Those were the words of 2nd Lt. George A. Whiteman's mother, Mrs. Earlie Whiteman, who resided in Sedalia, Mo., after hearing the news of her son's death. In honor of Mrs. Whiteman's spirit, those words later became the motto of the 340th Bombardment Wing, home-based at the newly named Whiteman Air Force
  • B-2 aircrews complete Polar Lightning exercise

    Four B-2 Spirit pilots assigned to the 13th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron completed a 24-hour training mission after flying a 10,000-mile roundtrip flight to Alaska as part of the Continuous Bomber Presence here. The exercise, Polar Lightning, supports Pacific Command and Pacific Air Forces Command theater objectives. "We provide a presence in the
  • 442nd egress troops deal with A.C.E.S.

    In the early days of aviation, pilots had very few options and very little hope of surviving if they had to leave their aircraft in flight during an emergency. Typically, the outcome was fatal. Over the years, as technology developed, those chances improved as first, parachutes were developed, and later, in the case of military aircraft, ejection
  • Air Force leaders name next top enlisted leader

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton A. Schwartz and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley have announced the Airman selected to be the service's next enlisted leader. Chief Master Sergeant James A. Roy will become the 16th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force during an appointment ceremony June 30 which will coincide with
  • A Tale from Vietnam

    Whiteman has its share of military history as host to the only unit in the world to have detonated nuclear weapons in combat. Missile silos, photographs, hardware and old encased documents form much of this legacy. But these are hardly more valuable than people who lived history; men and women whose sweat writes the story of America. Retired Master
  • New deployment posture adopted at Whiteman: Team youth support Operation Spirit

    With an 8 a.m. recall, more than 90 members of Team Whiteman reported to the deployment center April 18 to prepare for their deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan. The Airmen began processing through the deployment line at 9 a.m. receiving their IDs and stopping by the Legal Office representatives to fill out power of attorney forms for family members
  • Vice President visits Whiteman

    "We owe you and your families, and we are putting our money where our mouth is," said Vice President Joe Biden. That was the overall message he shared with more than a thousand of Whiteman members during a troop rally April 16. "We are tremendously proud of our global mission and our ability to execute it at a moment's notice from abroad as well as
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