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Jan. 6, 2018
Southerland Takes Command of 131st FSS

Lt. Col. Robert “South” Southerland took command of the 131st Force Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Catherine Sheskey at a ceremony Jan 6, 2018
Sept. 29, 2017
Military dentists in high-demand during joint-service health care initiative in Missouri

Dental care was in high-demand at the Operation Healthy Delta Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) exercise in southeastern Missouri. Known as the Bootheel, the region is one of the state’s more medically underserved areas.
Sept. 10, 2017
131st Citizen-Airman ranked top 10 world hand ball player

It’s not easy to see the golf-ball sized blue rubber ball bouncing from wall to wall, as two people run back and forth trying to send it across the court to their opponent.For the 131st Bomb Wing’s Tech. Sgt. Suze Koehler, this little blue ball helps maintain the physical and mental sharpness
Aug. 17, 2017
Missouri Air Guardsmen reach out to foster youth through Op BRACE

In the State of Missouri there are nearly 13,000 kids who have been taken away from their families and displaced within the foster care system. Each year about 400 kids age out of the system, and more than half will end up homeless or incarcerated. The Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing
June 20, 2017
Medical personnel support bomber mission

At a typical air force base, Airmen have a full medical staff to look after them if they become ill. This is not the case at many deployed locations, and for the roughly 800 Airmen deployed to RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, as part of an exercise, they have four medical personnel supporting their
April 21, 2017
Missouri Air National Guardsman receives prestigious safety award

The Air National Guard Safety Center recently selected Tech. Sgt. Patrick Hatcher, occupational safety manager for the 131st Bomb Wing, for the prestigious 2016 Air National Guard Individual Ground Safety Award.
April 11, 2017
Missouri Airman named Air Guard 2016 Outstanding Airman of the Year

The Missouri Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing’s Master Sgt. Thomas DuMont is the Air National Guard’s Outstanding Airman of the Year for 2016.
Feb. 24, 2017
Missouri Air Guardsmen among chosen for Glory Trip 221 Minuteman III missile launch

A team of Air Force Global Strike Command Airmen from the 131st and 509th Bomb Wings were among a group invited to Vandenberg Air Force Base, California to view a launch of an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile, Feb. 7.
Feb. 6, 2017
Weapons school officers employ total force training during Libya B-2 strike

Two B-2 Spirit bombers departed Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, for a transatlantic flight to Libya Jan. 18 in what would become the B-2’s first combat mission since Operation Odyssey Dawn in 2011.