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.