Community Coordination Plan for Basing the B-2 Bomber at Whiteman Air Force Base, Missouri
Abstract
The U.S. Air Force Strategic Air Command (SAC) intends to deploy B-2 bombers at Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri in the early 1990s. Establishment of the B-2 unit at Whiteman will constitute a substantial expansion of SAC activities at the base and the return of the first permanently assigned fixed-wing aircraft in 25 years. This report was written to assist local officials and SAC in developing a cooperative effort to maximize benefits and solve problems associated with the B-2 deployment. In order to accomplish this objective, SAC recommends that a community coordinating committee be established to develop plans that monitor and, if necessary, respond to the socioeconomic effects of the B-2 deployment. Approximately 2,357 new personnel will be assigned to Whiteman AFB to support the B-2. This will increase base employment by 57 percent over the current 4,119 employees. By including dependents of the B-2 support population, total population will increase by about 5,580. If current Whiteman AFB residential distribution patterns do not change following B-2 deployment, the town of Knob Noster will experience an increase in population of 106 percent. La Monte would grow by 14 percent and Warrensburg by 13 percent. Housing and classroom shortages could be a particular problem in Knob Noster and a lesser problem in Warrensburg.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Nov 01, 1987
- Accession Number
- ADA268925
Entities
People
- B. Darlene Lasley
- Frank C. Kornegay
- Joanne P. Fichera
- Leslie Taylor
- Paul Sage
- Peter Lufkin
- Robert B. Braid
Organizations
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory