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    131st Bomb Wing Heritage Park slideshow

  • Newly-arrived 131st Bomb Wing Citizen-Airmen receive a welcome brief at Camp Clark, Mo., June 2, 2015. Members trained at Camp Clark for state emergency response. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Payne)

    131st Bomb Wing at Camp Clark slideshow

  • Col. John Miget accepts the guidon from Col. Michael Francis, 131st Bomb Wing commander, as he assumes command of the 231st Civil Engineering Flight from Col. Thomas Hayek, June 6, 2015. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Elise Rich)

    Miget takes command of 231st Civil Engineering Flight

    Missouri Air National Guard's 231st Civil Engineering Flight held a change of command ceremony for its newest commander, Col. John C. Miget, here June 7, 2015. Col. Michael J. Francis, 131st Bomb Wing commander, officiated the event.Miget, a Perryville, Missouri, native, who most recently served as the 231st's chief of readiness, succeeds Col.
  • The 131st Comptroller Flight operated from tents in a simulated deployment situation during annual training at Whiteman Air Force Base, June 2015. Finance team members completed several training scenarios in order to stay ready to meet state and federal mission requirements. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison)

    Air Guard finance team uses dollars and ‘sense’ to prepare for deployment

    It's not often, if ever, that members of the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Comptroller Flight have to give statements to security officials regarding a robbery, take cover from an incoming attack or play with Monopoly money all in the same day. But that was the case during the annual training week here.Finance team members went through
  • Airmen and officers of the 131st Bomb Wing and 509th Bomb Wing cut the ceremonial ribbon at the 131st Bomb Wing Heritage Park during the dedication ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, June 12, 2015. Col. Michael Francis, 131st Bomb Wing commander, cut the ribbon to open the new park that hosts Whiteman’s newest static aircraft, along with Missouri Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Steve Danner, 509th Bomb Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Paul Tibbets IV, Brig. Gen. Greg Champagne, and Airmen of the 131st Bomb Wing. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Airman Nathan Dampf)

    Ceremonial welcome for Team Whiteman's newest 'members'

    This month, Whiteman Air Force Base officially welcomed its newest family members. Their move was not as far as some who get stationed at Whiteman, but getting them here took a little more work.These new family members are not the uniformed PCSing Airmen but rather, they are steel-winged warriors of history.As the 131st Bomb Wing's annual training
  • Two B-2 Spirits sit on the flightline at Royal Air Force Fairford, England, June 8, 2015 after a hot-pit refueling. The hot-pit refueling also showcased the partnership between active duty and Air National Guard Airmen from the 131st Bomb Wing from Whiteman Air Force Base, MO, who coordinated the B-2’s presence in the European area of responsibility. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Christopher Mesnard)

    USSTRATCOM bombers practice key capabilities

    B-52H Stratofortress aircrew members from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted the first flying mission supporting the multi-national exercises Saber Strike 15 and BALTOPS 15, in conjunction with B-2 ground and air crews who performed hot-pit refueling and engine-running crew changes June 8, 2015, at Royal Air Force Fairford,
  • The Missouri Army National Guard provided vehicles with which Citizen-Airmen of the 131st Bomb Wing trained for state emergency response at Camp Clark in early June. The training, which would otherwise be difficult to replicate at the 131st’s home stations of Whiteman Air Force Base and Jefferson Barracks, included first aid refreshers, convoy training, Humvee driving, field skills, and disaster response training. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Justin Clark)

    Army Guard’s Camp Clark ideal site for 131st BW emergency response training

    The Missouri Army National Guard-maintained Camp Clark provided an environment well-suited for state emergency training for the Air Guard's 131st Bomb Wing in early June.Over 60 Citizen-Airmen trained at Camp Clark during the first week of the two-week event.  The training, which would otherwise be difficult to replicate at the 131st's home
  • Senior Airman Joel Francisco, a munitions technician with the 131st Maintenance Squadron, and Tech. Sgt. Jason Roddy of the 239th Combat Communications Squadron, help to evacuation of their wingman Senior Airman Scott McElfresh, 131st MXS. The Airmen participated in a simulated tornado exercise during annual training to help prepare them for state emergency duty. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Payne)

    Mass casualty training, exercise prepares 131st Airmen for state response

    Airmen with the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing participated in a mass casualty exercise as part of state emergency duty training here June 4.The exercise was part of a wing-wide effort to ensure Citizen-Airmen are prepared to conduct emergency operations in response to a natural disaster, said Maj. Joseph Randolph, a critical care
  • Citizen-Airmen from the 131st Bomb Wing familiarize themselves with a Humvee in preparation for convoy operations training at Camp Clark, near Nevada, Missouri, June 3, 2015. The Airmen were training as part of a state emergency duty exercise. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Justin Clark)

    131st Bomb Wing Airmen prepare for state emergency convoy operations

    Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing practiced convoy operations, a critical component of overseas and stateside emergency missions, during their annual training here June 3.Master Sgt. James Bradley, an avionics electronics technician with the 131st Maintenance Squadron, served as the lead instructor, drawing on
  • Members of the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing who served as support staff during the 131st’s state emergency response training at Camp Clark, near Nevada, Missouri, June 6, 2015. Standing from left to right are Tech. Sgt. Pete Young, Master Sgt. Kirsten Inwood, Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Mundwiller, Senior Master Sgt. Kirk Lindell, Master Sgt. James Bradley, Senior Master Sgt. John Chaffee, Master Sgt. Jen Fanoele, Tech. Sgt. Joe Hudson, Master Sgt. Joshua Adkins, Master Sgt. Ronnie Bylo, Capt. Aaron Armstrong, and kneeling are Senior Master Sgt. Ken Huff and Tech. Sgt. Jarrad Luckey. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by 2nd Lt. Justin Clark)

    Guard cadre train fellow Airmen during emergency response exercise

    A team of over a dozen Citizen-Airmen from the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing planned and led emergency response training for their fellow Guardsmen at Camp Clark in early June.As the only component of America's armed forces with a state emergency response mission, training on this mission is critical, said Col. Kimbra Sterr, 131st
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