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Whiteman Air Force Base (IATA: SZL, ICAO: KSZL, FAA LID: SZL) is a United States Air Force base located just south of Knob Noster, Missouri, United States. The base is the current home of the B-2 Spirit bomber.
Consequently, when the final approval came on 17 January 1962, the launchers were placed in the vicinity of Whiteman AFB, making this the smallest Minuteman base with regard to area. Activated on 1 February 1963, the 351st Strategic Missile Wing received its first Minuteman IB missile from the Boeing plant at Hill AFB, Utah, on 14 January 1964.
The 351st Missile Wing is an inactive United States Air Force unit, which was last based at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri.Assigned to Strategic Air Command for most of its existence, the wing maintained LGM-30F Minuteman II ICBMs in a state of readiness to fire, pursuant to any launch orders that might be received from the National Command Authority.
Knob Noster State Park lies to the southwest along Missouri Route 23 and Whiteman Air Force Base lies directly south about one mile. [7] According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 2.91 square miles (7.54 km 2), of which 2.88 square miles (7.46 km 2) is land and 0.03 square miles (0.08 km 2) is water. [8]
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The 509th Operations Group (509 OG) is the flying component of the United States Air Force 509th Bomb Wing (509 BW), assigned to Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri. It is equipped with all 20 of the USAF's B-2 Spirit stealth bombers, flown by its 393rd Bomb Squadron.
Whiteman Air Force Base: Knob Noster: Missouri: Air Force Global Strike Command: 509th Bomb Wing: The 509th Bomb Wing and the Missouri Air National Guard's 131st Bomb Wing operates the B-2A Spirit, T-38A Talon.
Lambert Field, Missouri, 15 July 1946; Bergstrom Air Force Base, Texas, 1 March 1951 George Air Force Base, California, July 1951 – 1 December 1952 [20] Lambert Field, Missouri, 1 December 1952 – 1 November 1958; Robertson Air National Guard Base, Missouri, 1 January 1993; Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, 4 Oct 2008 – present