Secretary Rumsfeld shakes hands with Air Force personnel at Whiteman Air Force Base.
Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld shakes hands with Air Force personnel at Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., on Oct. 19, 2001. Whiteman is the home of the B-2 Spirit bomber, which is operated exclusively by the 509th Bomb Wing. Planes from the 509th have flown missions over Afghanistan during Operation Enduring Freedom.