• 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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,

  • 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