Whiteman AFB KSZL Airfield Map Art. Whiteman Air Force Base (KSZL or SZL) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 2 miles south of Knob Noster Missouri and 70 miles east-southeast of Kansas City, Missouri. 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.
