• 131st Bomb Wing members volunteer at Camp Guardian

    To the uninitiated, it was a slightly bizarre sight to witness at a summer camp. "Way to go! You shot the target in half!" exclaimed a camp volunteer, helping a special needs "camper" experience the thrill of riddling a target at the makeshift paintball range. Smiles, high fives and hugs commenced.

  • Maintenance Operations Flight receives new command

    Capt. Mark Risley, former Maintenance Squadron officer, assumed command of the Maintenance Operations Flight preceded by Capt. Kirby Findley, 131st Maintenance Squadron commander, during the 131st Bomb Wing Assumption of Commands ceremony Aug. 8 at the Army National Guard Armory at Whiteman Air

  • 131st Maintenance Squadron receives new command

    Capt. Kirby Findley, former Maintenance Operations Flight commander, assumed command of the 131st Maintenance Squadron from Lt. Col. Mark Beck, 131st Maintenance Group commander, during the 131st Bomb Wing Assumption of Commands ceremony Aug. 8 at the Army National Guard Armory at Whiteman Air Force

  • A New Era begins at 131st Bomb Wing

    Lt. Col. Mark Beck, former 131st Maintenance Squadron commander, assumed command of the 131st Maintenance Group, 131st Bomb Wing Aug. 8 at Whiteman Air Force Base. The Assumption of Command ceremony comes as part of the Total Force Integration of the 131st Bomb Wing and the 509th Bomb Wing at

  • Band member returns from deployment

    Staff Sgt. Angie Long, 571st Air Force Band of the Central States vocalist, recently returned from her fourth in-theater deployment. "When someone leans forward for the fourth [deployment] and says 'Yes, I will go in harm's way to boost the morale of the troops,' I think that is one of the best

  • Meet the 131st Bomb Wing

    October will mark the one year anniversary of activation of the 131st Air National Guard Bomb Wing at Whiteman AFB. This merge began as a part of the Total Force Integration initiative which has the Air Force finding new ways to bring together efforts of active-duty, Guard and Reserve forces to

  • Missouri Air National Guard celebrates End of Era with final F-15 departure

    The Missouri Air National Guard commemorated the culmination of 86 years of flying operations in St. Louis in an End of Era ceremony coinciding with the closure of the base fire house and the 131st Fighter Wing's final F-15C Eagle departure from Lambert International Airport Saturday June 13. An