Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri

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United States Air Force base military installation

Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri is a United States Air Force installation best known as the home of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Whiteman Air Force Base	36
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri canonical	3
Whiteman Air Force Base (nearby)	1
Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri, United States	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2886859 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
Context triple: [Johnson County, Missouri, hasVillage, Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri]

A. McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base is a military installation in Tennessee that serves as a training and operational hub for Air National Guard units co-located with McGhee Tyson Airport.
B. Columbus Air Force Base
Columbus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Mississippi primarily dedicated to training military pilots.
C. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Ohio known as a central hub for aerospace research, development, testing, and logistics.
D. Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Illinois that serves as a key hub for military air mobility and global transportation operations.
E. Offutt Air Force Base
Offutt Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation near Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the home of U.S. Strategic Command and a key center for U.S. nuclear command and control operations.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
Target entity description: Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri is a United States Air Force installation best known as the home of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet.

A. McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base
McGhee Tyson Air National Guard Base is a military installation in Tennessee that serves as a training and operational hub for Air National Guard units co-located with McGhee Tyson Airport.
B. Columbus Air Force Base
Columbus Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in northeastern Mississippi primarily dedicated to training military pilots.
C. Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation in Ohio known as a central hub for aerospace research, development, testing, and logistics.
D. Scott Air Force Base
Scott Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation in Illinois that serves as a key hub for military air mobility and global transportation operations.
E. Offutt Air Force Base
Offutt Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation near Omaha, Nebraska, best known as the home of U.S. Strategic Command and a key center for U.S. nuclear command and control operations.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States Air Force base ⓘ military installation ⓘ
branch	United States Air Force ⓘ
controlledBy	Air Force Global Strike Command ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
currentPrimaryMission	strategic bomber operations ⓘ
elevation	870 feet ⓘ
garrison	131st Bomb Wing ⓘ 442d Fighter Wing ⓘ 509th Bomb Wing ⓘ Air Force Reserve Command units ⓘ Air National Guard units ⓘ
hasRole	operational bomber base ⓘ training ⓘ
hasUnit	131st Maintenance Group ⓘ 131st Operations Group ⓘ 442d Maintenance Group ⓘ 442d Operations Group ⓘ 509th Maintenance Group ⓘ 509th Medical Group ⓘ 509th Mission Support Group ⓘ 509th Operations Group ⓘ Air Force Reserve Command 442d Fighter Wing ⓘ
homeportOf	B-2 Spirit ⓘ
hostedAircraft	A-10 Thunderbolt II ⓘ linked to: Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II B-47 Stratojet ⓘ Minuteman I ICBM ⓘ linked to: LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM Minuteman II ICBM ⓘ
IATACode	SZL ⓘ
ICAOCode	KSZL ⓘ
knownFor	hosting the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet ⓘ
locatedIn	Johnson County, Missouri ⓘ Midwestern United States ⓘ Missouri ⓘ
locatedNear	Knob Noster, Missouri ⓘ Sedalia, Missouri ⓘ
namedAfter	2nd Lieutenant George A. Whiteman ⓘ
opened	1942 ⓘ
operator	United States Air Force ⓘ
partOf	Air Force Global Strike Command ⓘ
previousName	Sedalia Air Force Base ⓘ linked to: Sedalia Army Air Field Sedalia Army Air Field ⓘ
runway	Runway 01/19 ⓘ
runwayLength	12000 feet ⓘ
runwaySurface	concrete ⓘ
strategicRole	global strike operations ⓘ nuclear deterrence ⓘ
timezone	Central Time Zone ⓘ
usedDuring	Cold War ⓘ

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