Whiteman Air Force Base

WARRENSBURG, MO (May 18, 2015) – Celebrating the strong partnership the University of Central Missouri enjoys with Whiteman Air Force Base and its leadership, the university in fall 2015 will launch its new Wing Access initiative to provide priority registration benefits for active duty military personnel, their dependents, and veterans...

Senior Airman John Bottom, from Whiteman Air Force Base is dead, one day after a shooting occurred in Warrensburg according to a news release from the United States Air Force.   Senior Airman John J. Bottom was shot at an off-base residence in Warrensburg Saturday. Bot...

Some familiar landmarks have left their pedestals around Lambert Airport in St. Louis and made its way to Whiteman Air Force Base. The F4-Phantom II, F-15A Eage and the F-100 Super Sabre were moved from St. Louis on March 31 and this week, the F4 was put into place at the 131st Bomb Wing Heritage Park at Whiteman earlier this week...

WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel on Tuesday vigorously endorsed an Air Force plan to build a next-generation strategic bomber, arguing that it would help deter nuclear war and preserve America's global pre-eminence...

Wings Over Whiteman is set to make its return on June 13 and 14, 2015. Last year's Wings Over Whiteman did not occur due to sequestration restraints and budget cuts. However, this year's event will be huge with the return of the U.S.A...

The Sedalia School District has always been good to show appreciation for our Vets. Today (Oct. 10), two Airmen visited Tera Thomas's fifth grade classroom at the Sedalia Middle School to talk about the importance of the freedoms that we have in America...

by Tech. Sgt. Emily F. Alley 442d Fighter Wing 10/27/2014 - WHITEMAN AFB, Mo. -- Airmen from the 442d Fighter Wing, from Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., returned here from a seven-month deployment to Bagram, Afghanistan October 26 and 27...

The Knob Noster Fire Department held a 9/11 Memorial Service in front of the Knob Noster City Hall at 8:45 this morning (Sept. 11). Members of the Knob Noster Fire Department, Knob Noster Police Department, Chamber of Commerce and Whiteman Air Force Base Fire Department were present for the 9/11 Ceremony...

A major milestone was hit at Whiteman Air Force Base on Saturday, August 23, when Lt. Col. Ryan Bailey of the 131st Bomb Wing and Missouri National Guard took flight in the B-2 Stealth Bomber. Bailey surpassed 1,000 flying hours as he took to the sky on Saturday...

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, today released the following statement after the Air Force announced that it will add 56 personnel at Whiteman Air Force Base this fall as it increases manpower levels within the nuclear force:   “This announcement is great news for both Whiteman and the surrounding community—bringing more than 50 addition