Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB) is a United States Air Force base located approximately 2 miles south of Knob Noster, MO; 10 miles east of Warrensburg, MO, and 70 miles east-southeast of Kansas City. 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.