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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo,. - 509th Security Forces Squadron members respond to a simulated security incident at the munitions storage area during a Nuclear Surety Inspection June 7. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Charles Larkin)

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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

Whiteman Command Post members monitor an ongoing exercise scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Samuel Park)

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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo,. - 509th Security Forces Squadron members respond to a security incident at the munitions storage area. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Charles Larkin)

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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., - Lt. Col. Stephen Thompson, 509th Mission Support Group commander and Emergency Operation Center manager takes a phone call during an exercise scenario. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jessica Snow)

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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., -Members of the 5 0 9 t h S e c u r i t y Forces Squadron provide secur i t y under cover during the Nuclear Surety Inspect ion here. The NSI took place June 3-9. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Charles Larkin)

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509 BW exceeds the standard for nuclear surety

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo., - Capt. Bobby Hershner, 509th Munitions Squadron Strategic Weapons Flight commander, and Staff Sgt. Heath York, 509th Maintenance Group Quality Assurance, inspect a rotary launcher assembly in the active stockpile. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Charles Larkin)

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509 CES Assumption of Command

Lt. Col. Randy Boswell, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, receives command from Col. Ricky Milligan, 509th Mission Support Group commander, during the 509th CES Assumption of Command here Sept. 28. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Alexandra M. Boutte)

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509 CES completes runway lighting system upgrades

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Clark, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman and Airman 1st Class Gordon Stenersen, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, drive stakes to hold the winged-out threshold bar in place at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 26, 2022.

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509 CES completes runway lighting system upgrades

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Kyle Bagwell, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, completing the alignment of a temporary threshold light at Whiteman Air Force Base, September 26, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell)

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509 CES completes runway lighting system upgrades

Tony Morris, High Voltage Technician, left, U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gordon Stenersen, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, middle, and U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jared Clark, 509th Civil Engineering Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, right, work together to cut conduit material used to mount the threshold lights to the winged-out bar at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, September 26, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell)

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509 CES completes runway lighting system upgrades

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Gordon Stenersen, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron Electrical Systems Craftsman, right, and Tony Morris, High Voltage Technician, left, install and level the temporary winged-out threshold bar at Whiteman Air Force, Missouri, September 26, 2022. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Hailey Farrell)

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509 MXG munitions briefing to CLIMB High tour group

Stormy Taylor, a coordinator of the 2020 Community Leadership and Involvement Means a Better Community High (CLIMB High), listens to a weapons process brief during a CLIMB High tour at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Jan. 29, 2020. The program began in 2007, since successfully graduating approximately 250 students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Sadie Colbert)

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509er recognized AF Wide

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – Tech. Sgt. Knicole Akins, non-commissioned officer in-charge of pharmacy services, scans a prescription Feb 13. She earned Air Force Pharmacy NCO of the Year by launching a workload capture effort to convert age-old manual data input to new bar-code technology, saving hundreds of man-hours on over 122,000 records. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airmen Stephen Linch)

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509er recognized AF Wide

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – Tech. Sgt. Knicole Akins, non-commissioned officer in-charge of pharmacy services, fills a prescription Feb. 13. She earned Air Force Pharmacy NCO of the Year by launching a workload capture effort to convert age-old manual data input to new bar-code technology, saving hundreds of man-hours on over 122,000 records. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airmen Stephen Linch)

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509ers earns Bronze Star

Capt. Joshua James deployed to South West Asia from Whiteman Air Force Base recently earned a Bronze Star. (Photo printed with permission of Chief Master Sergeant Robert Rush)

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509ers lead the way

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – A brush truck dusts snow and ice off of the runway Jan. 13, 2007 to ensure the B-2 will be able to complete any mission it is called for. The 509th CES has about 30 pieces of snow removal equipment, to include brush trucks, rollover machines and snow blower trucks. The snow removal crew general uses 12-13 pieces of equipment at a time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Joe DellaVedova)

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509ers lead the way

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – Staff Sgt. Kevin Steinke, 509th Civil Engineer Squadron, scrapes snow and ice form the guard of a brush truck to prevent the rotating brush from jamming. The 509 CES snow removal crew applies a special chemical to the surface of the taxiway and runway prior to expected snow fall to ease removal process. (U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Joe DellaVedova)

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509ers spread holiday cheer

WARRENSBURG, Mo. -- Tech. Sgt. Alison Bridges, 509th Communications Squadron, helps a Johnson County Care Center resident open a gift Dec. 13. More than 25 members of the 509th CS sang carols, passed out drinks and cookies and distributed presents that members of the squadron had bought for the residents. (Photo printed with permission of Chief Master Sgt. John Blair)

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509th Airmen deploy to support the war on terrorism

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – More than 20 members of the 509th Bomb Wing departed Sept. 6 for deployments in support of Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom. More than 600 members of Team Whiteman will be deployed around the world to support the war on terror as part of Air Expeditionary Forces 9 and 10. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephen Linch)

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509th Airmen deploy to support the war on terrorism

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. – A bus with more than 20 deploying 509ers pulls up to a commercial airliner outside of base operations Sept. 6. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Stephen Linch)

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