• First All-Guard B-2 Maintenance Team Supports Weapons School Ops

    In a year marked with a number of milestones and firsts for the 131st Bomb Wing, a team from the 131st Maintenance Group recently added another by being the first all-Air National Guard B-2 maintenance team to support deployed operations for the jet.Twenty B-2 aircraft maintenance Citizen Airmen

  • Air Force celebrates 25th anniversary of first B-2 flight

    Team Whiteman and Air Force Global Strike Command are celebrating a milestone in Air Force and aviation history this week by marking the 25th anniversary of the B-2 Spirit's first flight.On July 17, 1989, Bruce Hinds, Northrop Grumman chief test pilot, and Col. Richard Couch, B-2 combined test force

  • Missouri Citizen Airmen support earthquake disaster response exercise

    Missouri National Guardsmen, alongside local, state and federal partner agencies, recently tested their ability to respond to a major earthquake along the New Madrid Seismic Zone.The exercise was designed to test the Guard's operational readiness across the state in the event of a major earthquake

  • Sheskey assumes command of the 131st Force Support Squadron

    Lt Col. Catherine Sheskey, 131st Force Support Squadron commander, Missouri Air National Guard, accepts the 131st Bomb Wing guidon from Col. Mark Beck, 131st Bomb Wing Mission Support Group commander, during her assumption of command ceremony at Whiteman AFB, June 18, 2014. The guidon is a tradition

  • Silver eagles for Sterr

    During a ceremony held at Whiteman AFB, Col. Kimbra Sterr's new silver eagles are pinned on by her spouse, Lt. Col Chad Sterr, and 131st Bomb Wing Missouri Air National Guard wing commander, Col. Mike Francis. Sterr is the 131st Maintenance Group commander.

  • 239th Combat Comm takes Whiteman by storm

    The 239th Combat Communications Squadron, Missouri Air National Guard, travelled to Whiteman Air Force Base for Operation Tangled Web, a deployment training exercise.Fifty three Citizen-Airmen from the unit, based at Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, held a mock deployment here to train on basic Air

  • 131st Bomb Wing earns Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    The 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard, recently earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award.The award recognizes the wing's meritorious service from Oct. 31, 2011, to Oct. 31, 2013."An award of this caliber is a reflection of your hard work and ongoing dedication, allowing you to be in an

  • Camaraderie, community keep 26-year memorial tradition alive

    More than 120 onlookers stood in tribute as the nephews of fallen Airman 2nd Lt. George A. Whiteman placed a patriotic wreath on their uncle's grave as part of the Armed Forces Day remembrance Saturday.The 26th Memorial Wreath Laying Ceremony at Memorial Park Cemetery here brought family members and