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Ellsworth Air Force Base is a military superfundsite, listed in August 1990. Contaminants are petroleum products, waste solvents and radioactive waste polluting soil and groundwater. [ 18 ] The Air Force has been cleaning up 12 areas, under supervision by EPA, including landfills, a fire protection training area, spill sites, industrial areas ...
The 44th Missile Wing was the second United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing. Deployment of the Minuteman ICBM began in 1961 with the initiation of construction of 150 silos and associated launch control facilities.
This national historic site consists of three facilities: a visitor center and two significant Cold War-era sites; a launch control center; and a missile silo/launch facility, formerly operated by the 66th Strategic Missile Squadron of the 44th Strategic Missile Wing, headquartered at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Box Elder, near Rapid City.
The wing is also the "host unit" at Ellsworth AFB. The wing is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas. Active for over 60 years, the 28th was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force throughout the Cold War.
From 1967 to 1970, one of the squadrons that ALCS missile crews belonged to was the 68th SMS at Ellsworth AFB, SD. These ALCS crews worked together with the 28th Air Refueling Squadron (AREFS) at Ellsworth AFB, who operated several EC-135 variants to include the EC-135A, EC-135G, and EC-135L, all of which had ALCS equipment installed on board.
The 90th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW) was the fifth United States Air Force LGM-30 Minuteman ICBM wing to be created (the fourth with the LGM-30B Minuteman I).In October 1962, construction began over an 8,300-square-mile (21,000 km 2) area of Wyoming, Nebraska, and Colorado to build 200 Minuteman ICBM launch silos.
The Air Force selected Ellsworth Air Force Base as the site for its finance center from more than 80 candidate locations. [2] It was chosen because the base had existing facilities with 110,000 square feet (10,000 m 2) of available floor space as well as good force protection and communications infrastructure. In addition, the area's cost of ...
Ellsworth Air Force Base: Box Elder: South Dakota: Air Force Global Strike Command: 28th Bomb Wing: The B-1B Lancer strategic bomber is operated by the 28th Bomb Wing. Ellsworth also hosts the 89th Attack Squadron which flies the MQ-9A Reaper. [19]