Missing Airport Utility

I guess in my first post about this issue I was somewhat unclear. My Airport Utlity is missing. When I go to my Utilities folder and open my Network panel where the Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth are displayed, there is suppose to be an Airport Utility selection is suppose to be there as well. Well that selection is not there. This makes it impossible to open the Airport Utility to change the passwords on your Wi-Fi Network.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this....? Stressing out on this one!
Thanks in advance!

sparks1957 wrote:
I guess in my first post about this issue I was somewhat unclear. My Airport Utlity is missing.
When I go to my Utilities folder and open my Network panel where the Wi-Fi, Ethernet, Bluetooth are displayed, there is suppose to be an Airport Utility
iMac, OS X Mavericks (10.9.1)
You can try updating your 10.9.1 to 10.9.2 and see if the combo update restores corrupt system preferences:
http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1726

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