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  • 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron helps deliver aid to Nicaragua

    Many people may have heard of Operation Christmas Drop, the U.S. Air Force’s longest-running humanitarian airlift operation, but they may not have heard of the Denton Program.The Denton Program is a Department of Defense transportation program that moves humanitarian cargo donated by non-government

  • 509th BW and 131st BW LO shops work as one

    How does the 80-ton, 172-foot-wingspan B-2 Spirit stealth bomber stay undetected on radar? Low observable (LO) Airmen from the 509th Maintenance Group (MXG) and 131st Maintenance Squadron (MXS) at Whiteman Air Force Base work side-by-side to complete specialized, technical work that enables the

  • New Wyoming Chiefs and Sergeants Major honored

    A joint committee of members of the 90th Missile Wing and the Wyoming National Guard held a chief master sergeant and sergeant major induction ceremony for active duty and guard members March 4, 2023, at Little America in Cheyenne.

  • Air Force conducts Sentinel static fire test

    The Air Force and Northrop Grumman conducted a static fire test March 2, 2023, for the LGM-35A Sentinel weapon system at Northrop Grumman's facility in Promontory, Utah.

  • 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron streamline loading processes

    The 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron has a new weapons loading system designed to make the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber more lethal.Maintainers with the 509th AMXS trained with the new Launcher Load System (LLS) recently at Whiteman Air Force Base.The idea for LLS came from Air Force Global Strike

  • 509th Medical Group training day

    While customers see day-to-day clinical operations at the 509th Medical Group at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, they may not see what the medical group is doing during its training days.Airmen in the 509th MDG conduct training days once a month to enhance their skills and knowledge and to

  • Hard work pays off for Senior Airman Anthony Ratliff

    Thousands of people are recruited into the Air Force every year, each with their own reasons. Senior Airman Anthony Ratliff, an aircrew flight equipment journeyman with the 509th Operational Support Squadron (OSS), enlisted to apply his work ethic and energy to a greater cause.“I hit the ground