Whiteman AFB participates in Global Thunder 21

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Timothy Hamilton, Senior Airman Philip Keating and Senior Airman Dalton Benson, 509th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron B-2 Spirit crew chiefs, look on during preflight checks in support of Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER 21, at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, Oct. 22, 2020. Exercise GLOBAL THUNDER is an annual command and control exercise designed to train U.S. Strategic Command forces and assess joint operation readiness. U.S. Strategic Command mission is to deter, detect and prevent strategic attack against the United States and our allies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dylan Nuckolls)