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Accepting the Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow for Power Projection is Maj. Michael Belardo, B-2 Weapons Officer, 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the award at the AF Gala, Feb 20, 2014, in Orlando, Fl. Welsh and Belardo were joined by (R to L) AFA Central Florida Chapter President Bill Palmby, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Chief Master Sergeant Gary Brown, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody and Air Force Gala Chairman Tim Brock.(Courtesy photo)


Missouri Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing receives prestigious Jimmy Doolittle Award

Accepting the Jimmy Doolittle Educational Fellow for Power Projection is Maj. Michael Belardo, B-2 Weapons Officer, 131st Bomb Wing, Missouri Air National Guard. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III presented the award at the AF Gala, Feb 20, 2014, in Orlando, Fl. Welsh and Belardo were joined by (R to L) AFA Central Florida Chapter President Bill Palmby, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Chief Master Sergeant Gary Brown, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James Cody and Air Force Gala Chairman Tim Brock.(Courtesy photo)

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Master Sgt. Thomas DuMont is the Air National Guard’s 2016 Outstanding Airman of the Year in the Senior Non commissioned Officer category. DuMont is a senior air defense officer technician in the 157th Combat Operations Squadron, a new unit of the 157th Air Operations Group at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base in St. Louis. The award honors those Citizen-Airmen who best reflect excellence in leadership and performance, community involvement and significant self-improvement. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison)
Master Sgt. Thomas DuMont is the Air National Guard’s 2016 Outstanding Airman of the Year in the Senior Non commissioned Officer category. DuMont is a senior air defense officer technician in the 157th Combat Operations Squadron, a new unit of the 157th Air Operations Group at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base in St. Louis. The award honors those Citizen-Airmen who best reflect excellence in leadership and performance, community involvement and significant self-improvement. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison)
Tech Sgt. Patrick Hatcher stands with the Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, flight line in the background, April 21, 2017. Hatcher, the occupational safety manager for the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing, was recently selected for the prestigious 2016 Air National Guard Individual Ground Safety Award. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Senior Master Sgt. Mary-Dale Amison
Maj. Rachel Savage receives the 131st Logistics Readiness Squadron guidon from Col. Michael Jurries, 131st Mission Support Group commander, during the assumption of command ceremony at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, April 1, 2017. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Tech. Sgt. Traci Howells)
Missouri Air National 131st Bomb Wing Airmen Staff Sgt. James Torrance (left) and Senior Airman David Phillips toured Vandenberg AFB, California, facilities on Feb. 7, 2017 as part of an AFGSC top performer incentive program, dubbed the “Glory Trip”. The 131 BW participated in the incentive program with 509th Bomb Wing Airmen Tech. Sgt. Patrick Alsup and Senior Airman Sarah Smallwood. (Courtesy photo)
Col. Ken Eaves, 131st Bomb Wing Commander (left) and 131st Command Chief Master Sgt. Jessica Settle (right) recognize winners of the wing’s 2016 Outstanding Airman of the Year awards during the Missouri Air National Guard’s OAY Banquet held at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Jan. 6. From left to right, winners are: Capt. Amy Cottrell, 131st Medical Group, Company Grade Officer of the Year; Staff Sgt. Heather Campbell, 157th Air Communications Squadron, Noncommissioned Officer of the Year; Senior Airman Travis Hugh, 157th ACOMS, Airman of the Year; Master Sgt. Thomas DuMont Jr., 157th Combat Operations Squadron, Senior NCO of the Year; and Master Sgt. Matthew Kuensting, 239th Combat Operations Squadron, First Sergeant of the Year. Not pictured is Field Grade Officer of the Year Maj. David Thomas, 157th COS. In subsequent competition, Campbell received the all-new Missouri Air National Guard Command Chief’s Award, and DuMont took honors as top SNCO of the year across the Missouri Air National Guard, and will advance to compete at the Air National Guard Outstanding Airman of the Year level. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Colton Elliott)
The 131st, 509th, and 442nd Medical Groups participated in a simulated radioactive bombing exercise to training Airmen for real world situations at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., Dec 3, 2016. The key objective for the exercise was for the three medical groups to come together as one cohesive team to respond to a crisis situation that could arise and illustrate the importance of Total Force Integration. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Burgess)
Retired 131st Bomb Wing Senior Master Sgt. Bob Weber credits his wife, Thomasine Weber, for providing social resiliency support to help him recover from injuries and following the loss of a fellow Missouri Guard member to an improvised explosive device during a deployment to Afghanistan. Weber was selected to lead five Air National Guard Airmen and 58 Missouri Army National Guard Soldiers as convoy escorts to ADT-IV in Nangarhar Province, Afghanistan. A goat and sheep farmer and a member of the Missouri National Guard, Army Sgt. 1st Class Robert W. Pharris went to Afghanistan with Missouri’s Agri-Business Development Team-IV (ADT-IV) in 2010 to encourage agriculture infrastructure development in the war-torn country, and was killed in action by a roadside bomb Jan. 5, 2011. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Airman 1st Class Halley Burgess)
Col. William Boothman, 157th Air Operations Group commander, hands the unit guidon, and with it, leadership authority, to Col. Chip Atterbury, 157th Air Intelligence Squadron commander, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri, during drill Nov. 5, 2016. Three new commanders took charge of three new squadrons -- the 157th AIS, the 157th Combat Operations Squadron and the 157th Air Communications Squadron, new units of the 157th AOG -- at a single assumption of command ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany Cannon)
Col. William Boothman, 157th Air Operations Group commander, hands the unit guidon, and with it, leadership authority, to Col. Chip Atterbury, 157th Air Intelligence Squadron commander, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri, during drill Nov. 5, 2016. Three new commanders took charge of three new squadrons -- the 157th AIS, the 157th Combat Operations Squadron and the 157th Air Communications Squadron, new units of the 157th AOG -- at a single assumption of command ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany Cannon)
Col. William Boothman, 157th Air Operations Group commander, hands the unit guidon, and with it, leadership authority, to Lt. Col. Thomas Bischoff, 157th Air Communications Squadron commander, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri, during drill Nov. 5, 2016. Three new commanders took charge of three new squadrons -- the 157th ACS, the 157th Air Intelligence Squadron and the 157th Combat Operations Squadron, new units of the 157th AOG -- at a single assumption of command ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany Cannon)
Col. William Boothman, 157th Air Operations Group commander, hands the unit guidon, and with it, leadership authority, to Lt. Col. James Hendren, 157th Combat Operations Squadron commander, at Jefferson Barracks Air National Guard Base, Missouri, during drill Nov. 5, 2016. Three new commanders took charge of three new squadrons -- the 157th COS, the 157th Air Intelligence Squadron and the 157th Air Communications Squadron, new units of the 157th AOG -- at a single assumption of command ceremony. (U.S. Air National Guard photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany Cannon)

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