Whiteman Air Force Base is a U.S. Air Force installation in Missouri, home of the B-2 Spirit stealth bomber fleet. Whiteman’s B-2s executed strikes against Iran during operation-epic-fury in February 2026.
In March 2026 SASC testimony (src-drone-incursions-epic-fury-2026-03), Gen. gregory-guillot said he pays “particular attention” to Whiteman as a strategic base and coordinates with STRATCOM (Adm. A. Correll) on strategic-base drone defense. The base declined to confirm specific drone-incursion activity citing operational security.
Whiteman lies in the Senate district of eric-schmitt (R-MO), who questioned Guillot on homeland drone defense at the hearing.
In May 2026, Whiteman was named one of five sites — alongside naval-base-kitsap, fort-bliss, fort-huachuca, and grand-forks-afb — for the jiatf-401 directed-energy-weapons counter-uas pilot (src-directed-energy-5-bases-pilot-2026-05).