Whiteman Air Force Base (Images of America)

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Whiteman Air Force Base is positioned two miles south of Knob Noster. The base was once activated following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, becoming Sedalia Army Air Field in November 1942 to train glider pilots and paratroopers. In August 1951, the base was once assigned to the Strategic Air Command, with the 340th Bombardment Wing flying the Boeing B-47 Stratojet bomber and KC-97 tanker. The base was once renamed in honor of 2nd Lt. George Whiteman, US Army Air Corps, who was once killed in his P-40 by a Japanese Zero all through the attack on Pearl Harbor. In June 1961, the Department of Defense chose Whiteman to host the nation’s fourth Minuteman ICBM wing, with 150 missiles. Before completion of the missile field construction, SAC activated the 351st Strategic Missile Wing on February 1, 1963. The missile wing made history when it fielded the first female missile crew. In 1990, the base turned into a part of history with the activation of the 509th Bomb Wing flying the Northrop B-2 ‘Stealth’ Spirit bomber. Right through its continuous military presence since 1942, the base has at all times been at the vanguard of national defense, especially now with the B-2 in a position to strike any target on the planet at any time.

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