Whiteman Air Force Base (Whiteman AFB) (IATA: SZL, ICAO: KSZL, FAA LID: SZL) is a base of the United States Air Force in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of the city of Knob Noster. The base is named in honor of Sedalia native 2nd Lt George A. Whiteman, an aviator killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Part of the base is a census-designated place (CDP); it ...
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Whiteman Air Force Base (Whiteman AFB) (IATA: SZL, ICAO: KSZL, FAA LID: SZL) is a base of the United States Air Force in Johnson County, Missouri, United States. It is located two nautical miles (4 km) south of the central business district of the city of Knob Noster. The base is named in honor of Sedalia native 2nd Lt George A. Whiteman, an aviator killed during the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Part of the base is a census-designated place (CDP); it had a population of 3,814 at the 2000 census. The host wing is the 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW) of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC), which operates the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Also located at Whiteman as a tenant wing is the 442d Fighter Wing (442 FW), an Air Combat Command-gained unit of the Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC), operating the A-10 Thunderbolt II.
Whiteman AFB is located at 38°43′58″N 93°33′17″W / 38.73278°N 93.55472°W / 38.73278; -93.55472 (38.732758, -93.554851).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP...
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