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June 12, 2015
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
June 12, 2015
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
June 9, 2015
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
June 8, 2015
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
June 7, 2015
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
June 7, 2015
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,
June 7, 2015
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
June 4, 2015
Guard training preps Airmen for state mission, builds unit cohesion

Airmen with the 131st Maintenance Group learned the importance of teamwork and communication when they participated in Humvee rollover training as part of their annual training camp here June 3.The training used a Humvee simulator to help Airmen avoid rollovers and to learn how to react if a
June 3, 2015
239th Communications Airmen support Air Guard exercise at Camp Clark

Citizen-Airmen of the Missouri Air National Guard's 239th Combat Communications Squadron supported a two-week Missouri Air National Guard training exercise at Camp Clark, near Nevada, beginning June 1.The 239th Airmen were on hand to support approximately 60 members of the Missouri Air National
May 28, 2015
131st Airmen ensure readiness, responsible resource management through lodging

Behind the scenes of every monthly Missouri Air National Guard drill at Whiteman Air Force Base, a small crew of Citizen Airmen work to ensure hundreds of their wingmen receive proper lodging in the most cost-effective way possible.For the Airmen working on lodging and related issues, customer