• The Great Artiste: Preserving our legacy

    As members of Team Whiteman come through the Spirit Gate each day they are greeted by a piece of 509th Bomb Wing history.The Great Artiste, a Silverplate B-29 Superfortress once assigned to the 509th Composite Group, stands watch over the gate.During World War II, The Great Artiste was hand selected

  • Team Whiteman bands together, restores B-2 Spirit static display

    Airmen with the 509th Maintenance Squadron, 131st Maintenance Squadron and the 72nd Test and Evaluation Squadron worked together to restore the famed B-2 Spirit static display and placed it back on watch on October 18, 2020 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.The Low Observable corrosion section