Story by Senior Airman Bryson Sherard | 509th Bomb Wing | 02.21.2025
Warfighters from the 393rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron and coalition partners from the Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force recently completed Exercise Bamboo Eagle, an advanced training exercise designed to test their capabilities in a contested environment....
Story by Senior Airman Bryson Sherard | 509th Bomb Wing | 02.21.2025
Airmen from the 509th and 131st Bomb Wings recently participated in Red Flag 25-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Red Flag is an annual exercise that gives warfighters an opportunity to train their capabilities in the most realistic environment possible. US Air Force troops also integrate with Royal Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force units during the exercise, strengthening our......
Courtesy Story | 131st Bomb Wing | 11.22.2024
B-2 Spirit long-range bombers from Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, conducted precision strikes against five hardened underground weapons storage locations in Houthi-controlled areas of Yemen....
Story by Senior Airman Phoenix Lietch | 131st Bomb Wing | 08.04.2024
Two 131st Bomb Wing crew chiefs received an incentive flight in a B-2 Spirit stealth bomber as part of being named Dedicated Crew Chief of the Year for 2022 and 2023....
Story by Airman 1st Class Phoenix Lietch | 131st Bomb Wing | 08.10.2022
Former Master Sgt. Keith Meadows, the first dedicated crew chief for the B-2, "Spirit of Missouri", tail number 80-329, and his son, Senior Airman Kasey Meadows, a weapons maintainer with the 910th Airlift Wing, were hosted by the aircraft’s current maintenance team who are crew chiefs with the Missouri Air National Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing....
Story by Master Sgt. John Hillier | 131st Bomb Wing | 05.15.2022
Director of the Air National Guard, Lt. Gen. Michael Loh and his spouse, Mrs. Dianne Loh, visited Whiteman Air Force Base to get a first-hand understanding of how 131st and 509th Bomb Wing Airmen perform the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber mission, and the unique challenges it presents....
Story by Airman 1st Class Whitney Erhart | 131st Bomb Wing | 02.06.2022
131st Bomb Wing pilot became one of only 17th aviators to surpass 1500 flight hours in the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber during a training sortie at Whiteman AFB, Missouri....
Story by Airman 1st Class Kelly Ferguson | 131st Bomb Wing | 02.06.2022
Master Sgt. Joshua Upton, crew chief with the 131st Bomb Wing was selected as the wing’s 2021 Crew Chief of the Year and awarded with an incentive flight in a B-2 Spirit bomber Jan. 9, 2022....
