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Former Alert Area for B-47 Stratojets and KC-97 Stratotankers standing on Cold War-era alert for the US Strategic Air Command, now used for overflow aircraft staging and base personnel training.

Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiteman_Air_Force_Base

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Coordinates: 38°44'41"N 93°33'4"W

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Bullzeye

I wonder why they never built a Christmas tree alert pad like at many other SAC bases?

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