Whiteman Air Force Base
Whiteman Air Force Base
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| Part of Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) | |
| Located near: Knob Noster, Missouri | |
B-2 Over Whiteman
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| Coordinates | 38°43′49″N 093°32′53″W / 38.73028°N 93.54806°W |
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 United States Air Force
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| Site history | |
| Built | 1928 |
| In use | 1963 – present |
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| Garrison |
 509th Bomb Wing
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| Elevation AMSL | 871 ft / 265 m | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 38°43′49″N 093°32′55″W / 38.73028°N 93.54861°WCoordinates: 38°43′49″N 093°32′55″W / 38.73028°N 93.54861°W | ||||||||||
| Website | www.whiteman.af.mil | ||||||||||
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Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) (IATA: SZL, ICAO: KSZL, FAA LID: SZL) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Knob Noster, MO; 10 miles (16 km) east of Warrensburg, MO, and 70 miles (110 km) east-southeast of Kansas City.
The host unit at Whiteman AFB is the 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW), assigned to the Eighth Air Force of the Air Force Global Strike Command . The 509 BW operates the B-2 Spirit Stealth Bomber, designed to be employed to strike high-value targets that are either out of range of conventional aircraft or considered to be too heavily defended for conventional aircraft to strike without a high risk of loss.
Whiteman AFB was established in 1942 as Sedalia Glider Base.
Whiteman AFB is a joint-service base, with Air Force, Army and Navy units. Its host unit is the U.S. Air Force's 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW). Tenant units include the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing (131 BW), the Air Force Reserve Command's 442nd Fighter Wing (442 FW), the Missouri Army National Guard's 1st Battalion, 135th Aviation Regiment and the U.S. Navy Reserve's Maritime Expeditionary Security Force Unit 114.
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