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Johnson County is a county located in western portion of the U.S. state of Missouri. As of the 2010 census, the population was 52,595. Its county seat is Warrensburg. The county was formed December 13, 1834 from Lafayette County and named for Vice President Richard M. Johnson. Johnson County comprises the Warrensburg, MO Micropolitan Statistical Area, which is also included in the Kansas City-Overland Park-Kansas City, MO-KS Combined Statistical Area.

Geography According to the 2000 U.S. Census, the county has a total area of 833.03 square miles (2,157.5 km2), of which 830.44 square miles (2,150.8 km2) (or 99.69%) is land and 2.59 square miles (6.7 km2) (or 0.31%) is water.

Demographics

Historical population Census Pop. %± 1840 4,471 — 1850 7,464 66.9% 1860 95.8% 1870 68.7% 1880 14.3% 1890 −0.1% 1900 −1.0% 1910 −5.6% 1920 −5.3% 1930 1940 −3.6% 1950 −4.2% 1960 39.9% 1970 17.9% 1980 14.3% 1990 8.8% 2000 13.5% 2010 9.0% Est. 3.4% 2012 U.S. Decennial Census 2012 Estimate

As of the census of 2000, there were 48,258 people, 17,410 households, and 11,821 families residing in the county. The population density was 58 people per square mile (22/km²). There were 18,886 housing units Adjacent counties at an average density of 23 • Lafayette County per square mile (9/km²). The (north) racial makeup of the county • Pettis County (east) was 90.12% White, 4.33% • Henry County (south) Black or African American, • Cass County (west) 0.65% Native American, • Jackson County 1.43% Asian, 0.13% Pacific (northwest) Islander, 1.29% from other races, and 2.05% from two or

more races. Approximately 2.92% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 17,410 households out of which 35.10% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 55.90% were married couples living together, 8.50% had a female householder with no husband present, and 32.10% were non-families. 22.70% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.10% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average family size was 3.07. In the county the population was spread out with 25.10% under the age of 18, 20.20% from 18 to 24, 27.60% from 25 to 44, 17.80% from 45 to 64, and 9.30% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 28 years. For every 100 females there were 101.90 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 100.40 males. The median income for a household in the county was $35,391, and the median income for a family was $43,050. Males had a median

income of $28,901 versus $21,376 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,037. About 9.50%

of families and 14.90% of 18 and 10.80% of those age the population were below 65 or over. the poverty line, including 15.20% of those under age

Cities and towns •

Kingsville • • Knob • Noster •

La Tour • Leeton • Post Oak

Warrensburg Whiteman AFB

Kingsville R-I School Warrensburg District – Kingsville • Reese Early • K i n g s v i l l e Childhood Education Center Public Schools Elementary School (K-06) (PK) • Chilhowee R-IV • Kingsville High • South East School District – Chilhowee School (07-12) Elementary School (K) • Chilhowee Ridge View Knob Noster R-VIII • Elementary School (PK-06) • Elementary School (K-03) • Chilhowee High School District – Knob • Martin Warren Noster School (07-12) • Knob Noster Elementary School (01-03) • Holden R-III School Elementary School (PK-05) • S t e r l i n g District – Holden • Whiteman Air Elementary School (04-05) • H o l d e n Force Base Elementary • Wa r r e n s b u r g Elementary School (PK-05) School (PK-05) – Whiteman Middle School (06-08) • H o l d e n • Warrensburg High Knob Noster • Intermediate School (03-05) School (09-12) Middle School (06-08) • Holden Middle • Knob Noster School (06-08) Private Schools High School (09-12) • Holden High Johnson County • Leeton R-X School • School (09-12) Christian Academy District – Leeton • Johnson County R-VII • Centerview (K-09) L e e t o n – School District – Centerview Elementary School (PK-05) – Nondenominational • Crest Ridge • Christian Leeton Middle Elementary School (PK-05) School (06-08) • Crest Ridge • Post Secondary Leeton High Middle School (06-08) School (09-12) • University of Central • Crest Ridge • W a r r e n s b u r g Missouri – Warrensburg – A High School (09-12) R-VI School District – public, four-year university.

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Politics

Local The Republican Party predominantly controls politics at the local level in Johnson County. Republicans hold all but three of the elected positions in the county.

State Johnson County is divided into three legislative districts in the Missouri House of Representatives, all of which are held by Republicans. •

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District 120 – Scott N. Largent (R-Clinton). Consists of the communities of Chilhowee, La Tour, and Leeton. Missouri House of Representatives – District 120 – Johnson County (2010) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Scott N. Largent 1,185 68.06 Republican Democratic Zac A. Maggi 487 27.97 Constitution Richard Hoxsey 69 3.96

District 121 – Denny L. Hoskins (R-Warrensburg). Consists of the communities of Centerview, Holden, Knob Noster, Warrensburg, and Whiteman Air Force Base. Missouri House of Representatives – District 121 –Johnson County (2010) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Denny L. Hoskins 5,292 57.85 Republican Democratic Courtney Cole 3,480 38.04 Libertarian Bill Wayne 376 4.11

District 122 – Mike McGhee (R-Odessa). Consists of the community of Kingsville. Missouri House of Representatives – District 122 – Johnson County (2010) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Mike McGhee 2,750 70.64 Republican Democratic Holmes Osborne 1,143 29.36

All of Johnson County is a part of Missouri’s 31st District in the Missouri Senate and is currently represented by David Pearce (R-Warrensburg). Missouri Senate - District 31 – Johnson County (2008) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Republican David Pearce 13,672 64.18 Democratic Chris Benjamin 7,629 35.82

Federal All of Johnson County is included in Missouri’s 4th Congressional District and is currently represented by Vicky Hartzler (R-Harrisonville) in the U.S. House of Representatives.

U.S. House of Representatives – Missouri’s 4th Congressional District - Johnson County (2010) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Ike Skelton* 8,515 57.04 Democratic Republican Vicky Hartzler 5,875 39.36 Libertarian Jason Michael Braun 334 2.24 Constitution Greg Cowan 204 1.37

Political Culture Missouri Presidential Preference Primary (2008) • Former U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-New York) received more votes, a total of 2,548, than any candidate from either party in Johnson County during the 2008 presidential primary.

(Martin Warren Elementary) is named after the town’s founder. Warrensburg is close to the site of a horrific Missouri Pacific train wreck that occurred in 1904. An eastbound passenger train collided head-on with a westbound freight, killing 30 people. The passenger train was packed with people en route to St. Louis for the 1904 World’s Fair.

The phrase “Man’s best friend” is based on a famous trial over the killing of Old Warrensburg is a city in Drum, a dog commemorated Johnson County, Missouri, by a statue in front of the United States. The Warrensburg Courthouse. population was 18,838 at the 2010 census. It is the county Geography seat of Johnson County. The Warrensburg is located at Warrensburg Micropolitan 38°45′47″N 93°44′06″W. Statistical Area consists of According to the United Johnson County. It is home States Census Bureau, the to the University of Central city has a total area of 8.92 Missouri. square miles (23.10 km2), of which, 8.85 square miles History (22.92 km2) is land and 0.07 Warrensburg was founded square miles (0.18 km2) is in 1835 by settlers John water. and Martin D. Warren. One of the elementary schools

Wa r r e n s b u rg , Missouri

Demographics The current mayor is Donna DeFrain.

2010 census As of the census of 2010, there were 18,838 people, 6,803 households, and 3,400 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,128.6 inhabitants per square mile (821.9 /km2). There were 7,450 housing units at an average density of 841.8 per square mile (325.0 /km2). The racial makeup of the city was 85.3% White, 7.5% African American, 0.5% Native American, 2.8% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 0.7% from other races, and 3.1% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 3.1% of the population. There were 6,803 households of which 26.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 36.1% were married couples living together, 10.4% had a female householder with

no husband present, 3.5% had a male householder with no wife present, and 50.0% were non-families. 31.2% of all households were made up of individuals and 8.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.32 and the average family size was 2.96. The median age in the city was 23.7 years. 17.6% of residents were under the age of 18; 36.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 21.8% were from 25 to 44; 15% were from 45 to 64; and 9.5% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 49.5% male and 50.5% female. 2000 census As of the census of 2000, there were 16,340 people, 5,951 households, and 3,035 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,938.5 people per square mile (748.4/km²). There were 6,380 housing units at an average density of 756.9 per square mile (292.2/ km²). The racial makeup of the city was 90% White, 6.46% African American, 0.64% Native American, 2.79% Asian, 0.14% Pacific

Islander, 0.78% from other races, and 2.28% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.44% of the population.

$22,154 for females. The per capita income for the city was $14,714. About 13.6% of families and 24.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 17.1% of those under age 18 and 11.4% of those age 65 or over.

There were 5,951 households out of which 26.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.5% were married couples living together, 9.9% had a Education female householder with no • University of Central husband present, and 49.0% Missouri were non-families. 30.8% of • Warrensburg R-VI all households were made up of individuals and 8.5% had The schools in Warrensburg include the following: someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. Elementary Schools: The average household size Maple Grove Elementary was 2.29 and the average (Pre K - Grade 2) family size was 2.93. Ridge View Elementary (Pre In the city the population K - Grade 2) was spread out with 18.0% under the age of 18, 36.5% Martin Warren Elementary (3-5) from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 12.9% from 45 to Sterling Elementary (3-5) 64, and 9.7% who were 65 Pre-Secondary and years of age or older. The Secondary Schools: median age was 23 years. For every 100 females there Warrensburg Middle School (WMS) (6-8) were 95.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, Warrensburg High School there were 95.4 males. (WHS) (9-12) The median income for a Alternative School: household in the city was Reese Education Center $29,332, and the median income for a family was Gateway Alternative School $45,845. Males had a median Career Center: income of $30,354 versus Warrensburg Area Career

Media

Center Post-Secondary School: The University of Central • Missouri

Newspapers

University of Central Missouri (UCM) weekly student newspaper.

The Daily Star-Journal Television – daily KMOS-TV (PBS), • DigitalBurg.com – • Online Local news provided signal out of Syracuse, by the Muleskinner the MO, but ran by the UCM in Warrensburg. Radio

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KWKJ-FM, 98.5FM Operated in Windsor, but headquartered in Warrensburg with a Country format • KOKO (AM), 1450 AM Oldies radio along with 98.5 make up WarrensburgRadio.com KTBG-FM, University sponsored publicly funded radio station with NPR programming.

Notable residents • John William ‘Blind’ Boone (1864–1927), African-American concert pianist, composer and principal for the Blind Boone Concert Company, Boone is considered a pioneer of modern music. The BBCC played over 8000 concerts in the U.S., Canada & Mexico. He spent his youth in Warrensburg where a park and festival was subsequently named for him. • Dale Carnegie (November 24, 1888 – November 1, 1955), author of How to Win Friends and Influence People, and the developer of numerous highly influential courses

in self-improvement, corporate communication, and related fields, studied communication at the Missouri State Teacher’s College, now University of Central Missouri. • Errett Lobban Cord, U.S. automobile manufacturer & advocate of front-wheel-drive vehicles. He founded the Cord Corporation & established a holding company that produced the Cord Automobile (designed in 1935 by engineer Gordon Buehrig) along with the Auburn and Duesenberg Automobiles in Indiana. E.L. Cord was born and raised in Warrensburg. His

father owned a general store in downtown Warrensburg and the building still stands bearing his name. • Ada and Minna Everleigh, proprietors of the Everleigh Club brothel in Chicago. • Mary Fallin, Governor of Oklahoma and former Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma • Grant Curtis, Producer of the Spider-Man movies grew up in Warrensburg and attended UCM • David Cook, Season 7 winner of American Idol. Grew up in Blue Springs, Missouri, and attended UCM, graduated in 2006 • Douglas Eads Foster,

Los Angeles, California, City Council member, 1927– 29, born here • Dean Hughes (born 1943), taught English at Central Missouri State University, now University of Central Missouri, for several years; the setting of his bestselling series of children’s books starring Nutty Nutsell is based on the lab school run by the university’s education program in the 1980s. • Henry Warren Ogden (1842-1905), member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana’s 4th congressional district from 1894 to 1899 and Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1884 to 1888; a native of Abingdon, Virginia, he was reared in Warrensburg, and eventually became a planter in Bossier Parish, Louisiana. • Sidney Toler (April 28, 1874 – February 12, 1947), actor, writer, and the second non-Asian to play the role of Charlie Chan in films, was born in Warrensburg. • Old Drum - The phrase “Man’s Best Friend” originated in a speech given by George Vest in a trial that concerned this dog. The statue pictured above

is frequently photographed by local college residents while sitting on the statue or dressing up the statue to match the current holiday or community event. The statue is dressed each winter in a scarf and top hat to celebrate winter and Old Drum Days. • Kimberly Wyatt former member of female pop group The Pussycat Dolls, currently a judge on the UK reality talent show dance competition Got To Dance. • Shawn Pelton (born June 1, 1963, in Warrensburg is a New York City-based studio and session drummer. Collaborated with Backstreet Boys, Sheryl Crow, Shawn Colvin, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion and Billy Joel. He also is the longtime drummer in the house band for the NBC TV network’s sketch comedy and music program Saturday Night Live. • Curtis Niles Cooper is an American mathematician. He currently is a professor at the University of Central Missouri, in the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. On January 25, 2013, Cooper found his third Mersenne prime, which is 257,885,161

− 1. It is also the largest known prime number as of January 2013. • Bruce M. Achauer born in Warrensburg, Missouri, Bruce Achauer rose to the top of his profession, becoming renowned worldwide as a brilliant surgeon, superb educator and exceptional researcher— all accomplished while continuing a full-time clinical practice in plastic and reconstructive surgery. In Popular Media Warrensburg was mentioned in the 1983 American Television movie The Day After. On July 24, 2013, Warrensburg made national news when President Obama visited Warrensburg addressing the economy. Kansas City or K.C. is a city of 464,310 people, making it the largest municipality in the U.S. state of Missouri. It is the central city of the Kansas City metropolitan area, a region spanning the Kansas–Missouri border. Founded in the 1830s as a port on the Missouri River and originally called Kansas, this became confusing upon the establishment of Kansas

Territory in 1854, creating the name Kansas City to distinguish the two. Sitting on the western border of Missouri, with downtown near the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri Rivers, the modern city encompasses 316 square miles (820 km2) in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties. It is one of two county seats of Jackson County. The 18th and Vine Neighborhood gave birth to the musical styles of Kansas City jazz and Kansas City blues. It is also known for Kansas City-style barbecue. The area is infamous for the Border War that occurred during the American Civil War, including the Battle of Westport and Bleeding Kansas. Large suburbs include Independence and Leeâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Summit in Missouri and Overland Park, Olathe and Kansas City in Kansas.

History Kansas City, Missouri, was officially incorporated on March 28, 1853. The territory straddling the border between Missouri and Kansas at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers was considered a good place to build settlements.

1. Whiteman Air Force Base

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, Missouri; 70 miles (110 km) eastsoutheast 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. 1. Overview Whiteman AFB is a jointservice 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 1/135th Aviation Battalion and the U.S. Navy Reserve’s Mobile Inshore Undersea Warfare Unit 114. Whiteman AFB is the only permanent base for the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber. Whiteman can launch combat sorties directly from Missouri to any part of the globe, engaging adversaries with nuclear or conventional weapon payloads. The 509th Bomb Wing first flew the B-2 in combat against Serbia in March 1999. Later, Whiteman B-2s led the way for America’s military response to the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington D.C. in September 2001.

B-2 bombers were the first U.S. aircraft to enter Afghanistan airspace in October 2001, paving the way for other coalition aircraft to engage Taliban and Al Queda forces. During these operations, the aircraft flew round-trip from Missouri, logging combat missions in excess of 40 hours – the longest on record. Other aircraft assigned to Whiteman include the A-10 Thunderbolt II ground-attack fighter; the T-38 Talon jet trainer, and the AH-64 Apache attack helicopter. 2. Units The 509th Bomb Wing consists of the following groups: • 509th Operations Group (Tail Code: WM – carried on main landing doors of tailless B-2) B-2 Spirit; T-38 Talon 13th Bomb Squadron 393d Bomb Squadron •

509th

Maintenance

Group 509th Mission Support Group 509th Medical Group

weekend per month for • drill. In August 2013, the 131st Bomb Wing became • the only Air National The 509th Force Support Guard bomb wing to be Squadron is a part of the certified to conduct nuclear operations.[1] * 509th Mission Support Group at Whiteman AFB The 442nd Fighter Wing, Missouri. an Air Force Reserve The 131st Bomb Wing Command unit controlled by the Tenth Air Force is a unit of the Missouri Air National Guard. It is located at Whiteman AFB as an associate unit of the 509th Bomb Wing. •

131st Operations Group

110th Bomb Squadron (Tail Code: WM) B-2 Spirit • • •

131st Maintenance Group 131st Mission Support Group 131st Medical Group

The Air National Guard 131st Bomb Wing and the active-duty 509th Bomb Wing have a unique relationship at Whiteman AFB, in that members of the two units work sideby-side on a daily basis, although the majority of the 131st Bomb Wing visits Whiteman only one

stationed at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, is an Air Force Reserve Command unit linked to the 23rd Fighter Group at Moody. The 442 FW oversees the 476th FG’s administrative and mission-support needs not provided by Moody’s host, active-duty wing. It consists of the following • 442nd Operations squadrons: Group (Tail Code: KC) • 76th Fighter A-10 Thunderbolt II Squadron (Tail Code: FT) 303rd Fighter Squadron A-10 Thunderbolt II • 442nd Maintenance • 476th Maintenance Squadron Group • 442nd Mission • 476th Medical Flight

Missouri Army National In addition, the wing Guard 1st Battalion 135th Reconnaissance boasts the 442nd Medical Attack Squadron, as well as a wing Brigade, AH-64 Apache Navy Reserve’s staff. There are also two The geographically separated Maritime Expeditionary units that report to the Security Division 11, 442nd Fighter Wing. The which provides light, short-duration, 710th Medical Squadron mobile, defense Antiand 610th Intelligence point Operations Flight, both Terrorism Force Protection located at Offutt Air Force forces for USN ships and Base, Nebraska, look to aircraft and other high the 442nd FW for support value assets in locations in accomplishing their where U.S. or host-nation security infrastructure is missions. The 476th Fighter Group, either inadequate or nonSupport Group

existent. 3. History Named in honor of 2d Lieutenant George Allison Whiteman (1919–1941). On 7 December 1941 Lieutenant Whiteman attempted to take off from Bellows Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. Hit by enemy fire, his P-40 Warhawk crashed and Lieutenant Whiteman became the first member of the United States armed forces to die in aerial combat in World War II. 1.

World War II

The base had its beginnings in 1942 when U.S. Army Air Corps officials selected the site of the present-day base to be the home of Sedalia Army Air Field and a training base for WACO glider pilots. In May 1942, construction workers descended upon an area known to locals as the “Blue Flats” because of the color of the soil and began building a railroad spur for the new air base. The new railroad line, laid by the Missouri-Pacific

Railroad, was only the beginning. The runways, the main impetus for the base, required 27,800 square yards of concrete. The entire runway was poured in 18 hours during a driving Midwestern rainstorm. The base reached a major milestone on 6 August 1942 when the Army declared the field officially open. In November 1942, the installation became Sedalia Army Air Field and was assigned to the I Troop Carrier Command of the Army Air Force. The field served as a training site for glider tactics and paratroopers. It was one of the eight bases in the United States dedicated to training glider pilots for combat missions performed by the Troop Carrier Command. Pilots flew C-46 or C-47 transports and several types of cargo and personnel gliders, usually the Waco CG-4A. The forest green, fabriccovered gliders could carry 15 fully equipped men or a quarter-ton truck plus a smaller crew. They

were towed in either single or double tow behind the transport aircraft and could land on fields not equipped for larger aircraft. In the opening months of 1945 Sedalia AAFld began converting from C-47s to C-46s. By July and August 1945, the base had assumed the function of providing central instructor training for all combat crew training bases throughout the I Troop Carrier Command. This program provided skills and teaching methods in all aspects of troop carrier flying. During the massive demobilization in the mid1940s, the base closed and most of the buildings were abandoned. 2.

Cold War

In August 1951, SAC selected Sedalia AFB to be one of its new bombardment wings, with the first all-jet bomber, the B-47 Stratojet, and the KC-97 Stratotanker aerial refueling aircraft assigned to the unit. Construction of facilities was conducted

by the 4224th Air Base Squadron until 20 October 1952, when the base was turned over to the 340th Bombardment Wing. The first B-47 arrived on 25 March 1954 and the first KC-97 arrived six months later. On 3 Dec 1955, Sedalia AFB became Whiteman AFB in honor of 2nd Lt George A. Whiteman. A native of Sedalia, Whiteman was one of the first American airmen killed in World War II when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on 7 Dec 1941. During the attack of Bellows Air Field, Oahu, Lieutenant Whiteman managed to reach his fighter aircraft. While attempting to take off, enemy fighters attacked his plane and Whiteman’s P-40 crashed, fatally injuring the midMissouri native. By the time rescue teams reached the aircraft, Whiteman had died. Construction on Whiteman continued throughout the 1950s. During this period, the Air Force built military family housing units as

well as a base pool and gymnasium. However, a project on a much grander scale soon overshadowed this flurry of construction. In June 1961, the Department of Defense chose Whiteman to host the fourth Minuteman ICBM wing. On 17 Jan 1962, the joint venture team of Morrison-Knudsen, Paul Hardeman, Inc., Perini Corporation, and C.H. Leavell & Co. received the prime contract for construction of hardened, underground launch facilities and 15 launch control centers. The project called for the excavation of over 2,000,000 cubic yards of earth and rock.[2]

the complex was officially completed in June 1964 at a cost of $60,665,000. Before completion of the construction, SAC activated the 351st Strategic Missile Wing at Whiteman on 1 Feb 1963. The 340th BMW gradually phased out operations during the same year with its remnants transferring to Bergstrom AFB, Texas, on 1 Sep 1963. After the mission change in 1963, life on Whiteman remained relatively stable throughout the 1960s and 1970s. Still, there were programs to continually update and improve the base’s weapons systems. Whiteman initially employed the Minuteman I weapons system until the mid-1960s, when a force modernization program converted the Minuteman I to the Minuteman II. Throughout the ICBM’s tenure at Whiteman, it went through a variety of modifications to keep it at the forefront of America’s defense.

The contractors used 168,000 yards of concrete, 25,355 tons of reinforcing steel and 15,120 tons of structural steel. In addition, the project called for the installation of a vast underground intersite cable network. If laid end to end in a straight line, this cable would stretch from Whiteman AFB to 100 miles (160 km) beyond Los Angeles. Construction of Several

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emerged from time to time as the base matured. However, with the beginning of the 1980s, a new construction phase started. New missile operations, maintenance and security police facilities as well as several enlisted dormitories marked the start of a new era. Meanwhile, the base continued to lead the way. In the late 1980s, the 351st fielded the first female Minuteman missile crew, the first male and female Minuteman crew, and the first squadron commander to pull alert in the Minuteman system. Under the provisions of the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the Minuteman II system is being inactivated. Then came an announcement that would change Whiteman forever. On 5 Jan 1987, Congressman Ike Skelton revealed that the first deployment of the B-2 Advanced Technology Bomber would be at Whiteman. Beginning in 1988, a massive construction wave that

created new buildings designed for B-2 operations, maintenance and support activities swept over the base. On 1 July 1990, the 100th Air Division activated at Whiteman and assumed host responsibilities for the base.Accordingly, the 351st Combat Support Group and the 351st Security Police Group, along with their assigned units and the squadrons under the deputy commander for resource management, inactivated at Whiteman. Concurrently, the Air Force activated equivalent squadrons bearing the 800th designator to replace the inactivated 351st units. 3.

Modern era

Several months after the air division’s activation, on 30 Sep 1990, the 509th Bomb Wing moved its headquarters to Whiteman albeit in an unmanned and non-operational state. However, the 100th AD’s tenure at Whiteman did not last long as SAC inactivated the unit on 26 July 1991. Similarly, Whiteman’s

host unit responsibilities reverted to the 351st. During the next two years, Whiteman’s building infrastructure continued to grow as the arrival date of the first B-2 drew nearer. Meanwhile, another change developed in the Air Force. With the end of the Cold War, the Air Force disestablished Strategic Air Command, Tactical Air Command and Military Air Command on 1 June 1992. In their place arose two new organizations, one of which was Air Combat Command, the 509th’s newer, higher headquarters. On 1 April 1993, the 509th returned to operational status when people from Detachment 509, the base’s B-2 overseers for the past two years, were formally assigned to the wing. Then, on 1 July 1993, the 509th accepted the host responsibilities for Whiteman from the 351st and a new era dawned for the base. Several days later, on 20 July 1993, flying

operations returned to the base after a 30-year hiatus when the first permanently assigned T-38 landed at Whiteman.

then-called 442nd Troop Carrier Group activated at Sedalia Army Air Field. It subsequently remained at the base until December 1943. Then, on 17 Dec 1993, the event that Whiteman In 1995 the base also had long awaited finally lost one of its longarrived. On that day, at time resident units. On approximately 2 pm, a dark 31 July 1995, the 351st jet bomber swooped from Missile Wing officially the sky and landed on the inactivated, ending its Whiteman runway. Amid 33-year association with much fanfare, the first Whiteman AFB. operational B-2, The Spirit On October 4, 2008, the of Missouri, had arrived. Missouri Air National Less than a week later, on Guard’s 131st Bomb Wing 22 Dec 1993, Whiteman officially moved from its again made history as it base at Lambert-St. Louis generated the first B-2 International Airport sortie from the base. to Whiteman Air Force On 12 June 1994, the base welcomed the 442nd Fighter Wing (442 FW). The 442nd, an Air Force Reserve Command unit operating the A-10 Thunderbolt II was previously assigned to Richards-Gebaur AFB, Missouri, transferring to Whiteman after the closure of Richards-Gebaur.

Previous names

Established as: Sedalia Glider Base, 1 March 1942

• Army Air Forces Station at Sedalia, MO, c. 1 May 1942 • Sedalia Army Air Base, 8 August 1942 • Army Air Base, Warrensburg, MO, 23 September 1942 • Sedalia Army Airfield, 27 October 1942 • Army Air Base, Knob Noster, MO, 31 October 1942 • Sedalia Air Force Auxiliary Field, 24 June 1948 • Sedalia Air Force Base, 1 August 1951 Base to create a classic • Whiteman Air Force Base, 1 October 1955 association with the activeduty 509th Bomb Wing. On 1 Feb 2010, the 5. Major commands to which assigned 509th Bomb Wing at

Whiteman Air Force Base became part of the newly created Air Force Global Strike Command. In February 2010, the 20th Reconnaissance Squadron, a ground control station for Yet, the 442nd was not unmanned aerial drones, really a newcomer to the began operation at the base. On 1 Sep 1943, the base.[3]

• Air Transport Command, 26 June 1942 (rdsgd I Troop Carrier Command, July 1942) • Continental Air Forces, 16 April 1945 • Tactical Air Command, 21 March 1946 • Inactivated 1 September 1946

Air Materiel Command, present 14 December 1947 (during • 442nd Fighter Wing, inactive status) 12 June 1994 – present • 131st Bomb Wing, • Activated 1 July 1951 Missouri Air National • Strategic Air Guard, 4 October 2008 Command, 1 August 1951 present • Air Combat • 20th Reconnaissance Command, 1 June 1992 Squadron, February 2010 • Air Force Global – present[4] Strike Command, 1 February 2010 4. Geography 6.

Major assigned

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• 50th Troop Carrier Wing, 11 September 1942 – 26 April 1943 • 53d Troop Carrier Wing, 15 April 1943 – 25 July 1943 • 61st Troop Carrier Wing, 23 July 1943 – 4 October 1945 • 53d Troop Carrier Wing, 1 October 1945 – 1 March 1946 • 340th Bombardment Wing, 20 October 1952 – 1 September 1963 • 17th Air Division, 15 July 1959 – 30 June 1971 • 351st Strategic Missile Wing, 1 February 1963 – 31 July 1995 • 509th Bomb Wing, 30 September 1990 –

(737.7/mi²). There were 982 housing units at an average density of 73.3/ km² (189.9/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 81.8% White, 9.7% Black or African American, 0.7% Native American, 1.7% Asian, 0.5% Pacific Islander, 2.2% from other races, and 3.5% from two or more races. Hispanic Whiteman AFB is located or Latino of any race were at 38°43′58″N 93°33′17″W 5.7% of the population. (38.732758, −93.554851). There were 931 households [5] out of which 79.2% had According to the United children under the age of States Census Bureau, the 18 living with them, 90.1% CDP has a total area of were married couples 13.4 km² (5.2 mi²), all land. living together, 4.2% had a Part of the base is a census- female householder with no designated place (CDP); it husband present, and 3.2% had a population of 3,814 were non-families. 2.7% of all households were at the 2000 census. made up of individuals and Nearby towns include Knob none had someone living Noster and Warrensburg. alone who was 65 years of The nearest major city is age or older. The average Kansas City, Missouri. household size was 3.53 and the average family size 5. Demographics was 3.56. As of the census[6] of In the CDP the population 2000, there were 3,814 was spread out with 37.6% people, 931 households, under the age of 18, 25.7% and 901 families residing from 18 to 24, 35.5% from in the CDP. The population 25 to 44, 1.2% from 45 to density was 284.8/km² 64, and 0.1% who were 65

years of age or older. The median age was 21 years. For every 100 females there were 125.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 130.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $33,664, and the median income for a family was $32,586. Males had a median income of $22,095 versus $16,466 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $11,538. About 5.6% of families and 7.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 7.3% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.

6. Whiteman in culture

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Whiteman was one of the settings for the television movie The Day After. In the Dale Brown novel Plan of Attack, the base is destroyed by two Russian nuclear-tipped AS-17 Krypton cruise missiles. In the aftermath, only two B-2 stealth bombers survive.

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