A BRIEF HISTORY OF WHITMAN AFB. Whitman AFB was activated in 1942, during the 2 nd World War as the Sedalia Glider Base. Later that year, it came to be called as the Sedalia Army Air Field and it was given over to the 12 th Troop Carrier Command (Army Air Force). The air field was used to train paratroopers and pilots on gilder tactics.
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