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STRATCOM deputy commander presents Omaha Trophy

U.S. Air Force Col. Jeffrey Schreiner, center, holds the Omaha Trophy with the U.S. Strategic Command official party after the awards presentation on Aug. 27, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The Omaha Trophy is awarded by the Strategic Command Consultation Committee to units for excellence in strategic deterrence and support of global strike operations. The active-duty 509th Bomb Wing and Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing jointly earned the Omaha Trophy for executing the best Strategic Bomber Operations of 2018. From left, the Honorable Rita Sanders, representing the SCC; U.S. Air National Guard Col. Kenneth Eaves, 131st Bomb Wing commander; U.S. Navy Vice Adm. Dave Kriete, STRATCOM deputy commander; Col. Jeffrey Schreiner; U.S. Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sgt. Terrence Meekins, STRATCOM Headquarters commandant; U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Ziegelbein, acting command chief 509th Bomb Wing and Chief Master Sgt. Jessica Settle, 131st command chief. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Johns)

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190827-F-XF897-1016

Crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, prepare a B-2 Spirit to be towed into a hangar at Royal Air Base Fairford, England, on Aug. 27, 2019. A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2 Spirit stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB arrived in the U.S. European Command area of operations for a deployment to conduct theater integration and flying training. The deployment of strategic bombers to the United Kingdom helps exercise RAF Fairford as a forward operating base for the unit, ensuring they are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and its allies in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

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190827-F-XF897-1013

Senior Airman Markeece Powell, Staff Sgt. Richard Huartson and Airman 1st Class Austin Sawchuk, crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, stand for a photo in front of a B-2 Spirit on the flight line of Royal Air Force Fairford, England, on Aug. 27, 2019. A Bomber Task Force deployment of the stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th BW at Whiteman AFB, arrived in the U.S. European Command area of operations for a deployment to conduct theater integration and flying training. The deployment of strategic bombers to the United Kingdom helps exercise RAF Fairford as a forward operating base for the unit, ensuring they are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and its allies in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

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190827-F-XF897-1010

Airman 1st Class Austin Sawchuk, a crew chief assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing, marshals in a B-2 Spirit on the flightline at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, Aug. 27, 2019. A Bomber Task Force deployment of the B-2, Airmen and support equipment from Whiteman AFB arrived in the U.S. European Command area of operations for a deployment to conduct theater integration and flying training. The deployment of strategic bombers to the United Kingdom helps exercise RAF Fairford as a forward operating base for the unit, ensuring they are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and its allies in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

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190827-F-XF897-1012

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Richard Huartson, dedicated B-2 Spirit crew chief assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, prepares tow equipment on the flightline of Royal Air Force Fairford, England, on Aug. 27, 2019. A Bomber Task Force deployment of B-2s, Airmen and support equipment from the 509th Bomb Wing arrived in the U.S. European Command area of operations for a deployment to conduct theater integration and flying training. The deployment of strategic bombers to the United Kingdom helps exercise RAF Fairford as a forward operating base for the unit, ensuring they are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and its allies in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

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190827-F-XF897-1011

Senior Airman Markeece Powell and Airman 1st Class Austin Sawchuk, B-2 Spirit crew chiefs assigned to the 509th Bomb Wing at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, prepare covers for a B-2 Spirit after it landed at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, on Aug. 27, 2019. The Bomber Task Force deployment of the stealth bomber aircraft, Airmen and support equipment arrived in the U.S. European Command area of operations for a deployment to conduct theater integration and flying training. The deployment of strategic bombers to the United Kingdom helps exercise RAF Fairford as a forward operating base for the unit, ensuring they are engaged, postured and ready with credible force to assure, deter and defend the U.S. and its allies in an increasingly complex security environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla White)

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190814-F-CH060-409

A representative with the Air Force Personnel Center, speaks to officers about comissioned officer career planning and assignments programs during a career town hall event Aug. 14, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. AFPC personellists visited Whiteman AFB as part of a national road show effort, briefing three town hall sessions that allowed enlisted Airmen, officers and civlian members of Team Whiteman to hear about new developments in the service's personnel adminstration and ask questions specific to their own careers. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Alexander W. Riedel)

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190811-F-SG855-1127

Col. Jeffrey T. Schreiner, the 509th Bomb Wing Commander, speaks during a ceremony for the Missouri State Fair Military Appreciation Day on August 11, 2019, in Sedalia, Missouri. Schreiner, a Missouri native, spoke about the accomplishments of the 509th BW and how the communities supporting the wing and Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, have made it possible. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

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509th Medical Group ceremony stands up dual healthcare model for Airmen, families

Lt. Col. Cynthia K. McGee, commander of the newly established 509th Healthcare Operations Squadron, ceremoniously returns the guide-on of the now inactivated 509th Medical Support Squadron to Col. Chrystal D. Henderson, commander of the 509th Medical Group, during a reorganization ceremony Aug. 14, 2019, at Whiteman Air force Base, Mo. Under the new Air Force Medical Reform model, dedicated provider care teams will be aligned to an Operational Medical Readiness Squadron primarily focused on proactively treating active-duty Airmen and improving their availability to support the warfighting mission. Care for non-active duty patients, primarily the families of service members and military retirees, will be handled by separate provider teams aligned to a Health Care Operations Squadron. The return of the guide-on signal the official relief of command. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas Barley)

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190717-F-WU042-0001

A B-2 Spirit is prepped for launch in a flight line dock on July 17, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Whiteman AFB is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the inaugural flight of the B-2 in 1989. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Thomas M. Barley)

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Leadership Link

Col. Jeffrey Schreiner and Chief Master Sgt. Kathleen McCool stand for a photo at the 509th Bomb Wing, Aug. 13, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Schreiner is the wing commander and McCool is the Command Chief of the 509th Bomb Wing, the host unit at Whiteman Air Force Base. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kayla R. White)

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509th CG crew gathers after bombing on Nagasaki

Boeing B-29 crew photo taken Aug. 11, 1945, two days after the Nagasaki mission. Note there is no nose art on the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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US drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki during WW2

The mushroom cloud blooms after the 509th Composite Group dropped the atomic bomb nicknamed "Fat Boy" on August 9, 1945, over Nagasaki, Japan. (Courtesy photo)

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Static Silverplate B-29 Superfortress honors 509th CG heritage

A B-29 Superfortress painted to commemorate “The Great Artiste”, a silverplate B-29 with the 509th Composite Group, sits as a static display on August 6, 2019, at the Spirit Gate at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The Great Artiste participated in both the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 74 years prior, providing weather and documentation of the bombings. The aircraft was lost in a crash landing in 1949 in Labrador, Canada. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

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Static Silverplate B-29 Superfortress honors 509th CG heritage

A B-29 Superfortress painted to commemorate “The Great Artiste”, a silverplate B-29 with the 509th Composite Group, sits as a static display on August 6, 2019, at the Spirit Gate at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.The airframe was previously used as a search and rescue aircraft during the Korean War as an SB-29 which was designed to carry a lifeboat and other survival supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

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Static replica of Silverplate B-29 Superfortress honors 509th CG heritage

A B-29 Superfortress painted to commemorate “The Great Artiste”, a silverplate B-29 with the 509th Composite Group, sits as a static display on August 6, 2019, at the Spirit Gate at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.The airframe was previously used as a search and rescue aircraft during the Korean War as an SB-29 which was designed to carry a lifeboat and other survival supplies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

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AFGSC commadner speaks on deterrence

U.S. Air Force Gen. Timothy Ray, commander of Air Force Global Strike Command, provides perspective on deterrence during his keynote address at the 2019 United States Strategic Command Deterrence Symposium at La Vista Conference Center in La Vista, Neb., July 31, 2019. This annual symposium draws academic, government, military and international experts with the goal of creating a forum to explore a broad range of deterrence issues and thinking. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Julie R. Matyascik)

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Nurse commissions as an officer in the Air Force Nurse Corps at 509th MDG

Second Lt. Christina Renkoski, a nurse with the U.S. Air Force Nurse Corps poses for a photo with her recruiter, Tech. Sgt. Mark Curry on July 22, 2019, at the 509th Medical Group Clinic at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. Curry, an Air Force health professions recruiter with the 342nd Recruiting Squadron from Overland Park, Kansas, assisted Renkoski throughout her process to join the Air Force and rendered the first salute of her career. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Parker J. McCauley)

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Chief McCool hangs tough with her 509th SFS Airmen during Global Strike Challenge ruck

Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, the 509th Bomb Wing command chief, joined 509th Security Forces Squadron Airmen during a training ruck march on July 31, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The SFS Airmen are preparing for a 5-kilometer ruck march during the Global Strike Challenge, which tests the readiness capabilities of Airmen assigned to units within Global Strike Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Johns)

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Chief McCool hangs tough with her 509th SFS Airmen during Global Strike Challenge ruck

Chief Master Sgt. Katie McCool, the 509th Bomb Wing command chief, poses for a photo with 509th Security Forces Squadron Airmen after a 3.5-mile ruck march on July 31, 2019, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. The SFS Airmen rucked to prepare for an upcoming 5Kruck march during the Global Strike Challenge, which challenges the readiness levels of Airmen across the Air Force Global Strike Command. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Thomas Johns)

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