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  • 442 FW scores touchdown at KC Chiefs draft event

    Service members and their families enjoy a Military Appreciation Day event with the Kansas City Chiefs April 30 at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo. Stages were set up on the flightline and in one of the hangars in order for a few lucky service members to announce the Chiefs fourth, fifth and sixth round

  • Social media savvy

    Social media is no longer the "new thing." With nearly three out of four internet-using adults using social media, it is a normal part of life for most Americans, including most members of the military. It is important to know the guidelines of good social media practices.

  • AF names Whiteman AFB as a candidate site for F-35A

    Air Force officials announced April 12 that Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona; Homestead Air Reserve Base, Florida; Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas; and Whiteman AFB, Missouri, are candidate bases for the first Reserve-led F-35A Lightning II location.

  • 442d Fighter Wing honors Vietnam Veteran

    Retired Air Force Capt. Kenneth Rogers was honored by the 442d Fighter Wing and Crossroads Hospice March 29 at Whiteman Air Force Base. Crossroads gives the families in their care the option to plan a perfect day for their loved one under the “Gift of a Day” program. The family chose to spend their

  • Miller nominated as next Chief of Air Force Reserve

    President Barack Obama has nominated Maj. Gen. Maryanne Miller for a third star and assignment as Chief of Air Force Reserve and Commander, Air Force Reserve Command, replacing Lt. Gen. James F. Jackson.Miller is currently deputy to the chief of the Air Force Reserve, Headquarters, U.S. Air Force,

  • For our fallen: Training to perfection

    Members of Whiteman Honor Guard practice the procedures of a military funeral at Knob Noster cemetery in Knob Noster, Mo., March 15, 2016. Whiteman Honor Guard serves more than 100 counties spanning Missouri to Kansas covering more than 70,000 square miles across both states. Whiteman Honor Guard

  • 442d Fighter Wing welcomes Wright Flight students

    WHITEMAN AIR FORCE BASE, Mo. -- The Skelton Park tables were dotted with empty lunch bags as the Oakland Middle School and Smithton Middle School students from Columbia, Mo., ran around the park.More than forty students played together. Some tackled each other, while others climbed the playground