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Team Whiteman pilots prepare for bomber operations challenge

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- Airman 1st Class Eljay Noel, 13th Aircraft Maintenance Unit B-2 Spirit crew chief, and Airman 1st Class Jimmy Womack, 13th AMU B-2 crew chief, perform preflight checks on a B-2 from the 509th Bomb Wing prior to its departure to Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Salina, Kan., to participate in Global Strike Challenge 2012, June 26. The Global Strike Challenge allows Airmen an opportunity to participate in innovative thinking, teamwork and esprit de corps that are central to the Air Force Global Strike Command mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nick Wilson) (Released)

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Team Whiteman pilots prepare for bomber operations challenge

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- A B-2 Spirit from the 509th Bomb Wing takes off on the runway to Smoky Hill Air National Guard Range in Salina, Kan., to participate in the bomber operations portion of Global Strike Challenge 2012 June 26. The intent of the challenge is to allow units the opportunity to pit their best aircrew against the best of the other units around the major command with similar missions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nick Wilson) (Released)

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Rose Bowl

Pasadena, CA. -- The B-2 bomber The Spirit of America performs a flyover of the 98th Rose Bowl, Jan 2 in Pasadena, Calif. (U.S. Air Force photo/Jennifer Greene)

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KC-135 refuels B-2 Spirit mission

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- A KC-135 Stratotanker from 509th Weapons Squadron, USAF Weapons School at Fairchild Air Force Base, Wa., refuels a B-2 Spirit during the SMOKEX Exercise over Kansas, Nov.16. The KC-135 transfers fuel at about 16 gallons per second. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Boutte) (RELEASED)

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Into the mind of the Whiteman vice

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Col. Andrew Gebara, 509th Bomb Wing vice commander, stands in front a B-2 Spirit here July 29. This is Gebara's third time stationed at Whiteman throughout his 20-year career. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Cody H. Ramirez)

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B-2 Spirit surges in the name of deterrence

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- A B-2 Spirit taxis onto the flightline here July 14 officially ending a week long surge that tested Whiteman's ability to hot-pit refuel the B-2 while continuously generating sorties. The surge brought members of Active duty, Guard and Reserve together to ensure our nations nuclear deterrence was ready at a moment's notice. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Cody H. Ramirez)

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B-2: Calling Whiteman home for 20 years

The "Spirit of Missouri" taxis down the Whiteman Air Force Base flightline for the first time upon its arrive here, Dec. 17, 1993. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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The Beasts awake

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A B-2 bomber takes off early morning Jan. 13, while another B-2 is waits at the other end of the runway. The multiple aircraft fly off is part of the 509th Bomb Wing's first Nuclear Operational Readiness Exercise of 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Carlin Leslie)

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B-2s showcase airpower for Rose Bowl parade, game

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A B-2 bomber flys over the Rose Bowl game Jan. 1 at the end of the playing of the National Anthem. Two B-2s arrived in Palmdale, Calif. Dec. 31 to prepare to flyover the Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl the next day. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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B-2s showcase airpower for Rose Bowl parade, game

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A B-2 bomber lands Dec. 31 at Northrop Grumman's Plant 42, Production Flight Test Installation, in Palmdale, Calif. Two B-2s landed at the installation in preparation to conduct flyovers of the Tournament of Roses Parade and Rose Bowl Jan. 1. Plant 42 is the test facility used to provide depot support for the B-2 and is also where final assembly and modification of the B-2 took place. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Down to earth

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, 12th Air Force commander, lands the B-2 Stealth Bomber, the Spirit of Indiana, during an incentive flight, Dec. 2. General Seip visited Whiteman to tour the base's facilities, visit with Airmen and to observe overall operations of the base. He is a command pilot with more than 4,500 flying hours primarly flying F-15E Eagles in support of operations Southern Watch, Northern Watch and Iraqi Freedom.(U.S. Air Force Photo/ Airman 1st Class Carlin Leslie)

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After Hours, Team Whiteman members burn the midnight oil

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo – An AH-64 Apache taxis into place Nov. 6. The Army National Guard's 1/135th Aviation Battalion flies the Apache around the clock to ensure they can conduct rear, close and shaping missions including deep precision strike as well as distributed operations, precision strikes against relocatable targets, and provides armed reconnaissance when required in day, night, obscured battlefield and adverse weather conditions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Linch)

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After Hours, Team Whiteman members burn the midnight oil

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo – A B-2 Spirit takes off 45 minutes after sunset Nov. 6. The long exposure the photographer uses shows the path of the B-2 as it takes off. The B-2 is ready around the clock to bring massive firepower to bear, in a short time, anywhere on the globe through previously impenetrable defenses. The B-2 ensures there is no sanctuary for America’s enemies anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Stephen Linch)

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Blog Spot: Reporter highlights revolutionary airpower, revolutionary Airmen in web log

Photo posted on www.horizontalrain.com. Courtesy Sagar Pathak

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Blog Spot: Reporter highlights revolutionary airpower, revolutionary Airmen in web log

Photo posted on www.horizontalrain.com. Courtesy Sagar Pathak

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Blog Spot: Reporter highlights revolutionary airpower, revolutionary Airmen in web log

Photo posted on www.horizontalrain.com. Courtesy Sagar Pathak

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Blog Spot: Reporter highlights revolutionary airpower, revolutionary Airmen in web log

Photo posted on www.horizontalrain.com. Courtesy Sagar Pathak

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Blog Spot: Reporter highlights revolutionary airpower, revolutionary Airmen in web log

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. - A B-2 Spirit and T-38 Talon fly overhead of Whiteman Air Force Base July 18. The T-38, flown by Capt. Luke Jayne, 394th COmbat Trainign Squadron, performed a chase flight to allow Sagar Pathak to take aerial photos fo the B-2 in action. (U.S. Air FOrce photo/1st. Lt. Matt Miller)

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131st Bomb Wing milestone: MOGAR makes first all-air guard B-2 flight

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., - Col. Gregory Champagne, 131st Fighter Wing vice commander, and Maj. David Thompson, 131st FW, achieved a major milestone in their transition to the B-2 mission by completing the first B-2 sortie flown, in the Spirit of Arizona, and launched by Missouri Air National Guard personnel June 18. The 131st BW, currently in transition from the 131st Fighter Wing, is a classic associate unit with the 509th Bomb Wing and the first Air National Guard unit to take part in the B-2 mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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Steady as she goes

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., – Airman 1st Class Nathan Axelson, 509th AMXS crew chief, marshals in the B-2 Spirit of Washington flown by Maj. Geoffrey J. Romanowicz, 393rd Bomb Squadron pilot, and Jay Gibson, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management, May 22. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel A. Park)

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