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Ellsworth AFB was established in 1941 as Rapid City Army Air Base (AAB). It was later renamed for Brigadier General Richard E. Ellsworth (1911–1953), a 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander killed when his RB-36 Peacemaker aircraft crashed near Burgoyens Cove, Newfoundland , during a training flight.
353d Army Air Force Base Unit (Det) Now: Pierre Regional Airport (IATA: PIR, ICAO: KPIR) Second Air Force. Rapid City AAB, Rapid City; 353d Army Air Force Base Unit Was: Rapid City Air Field (1947) Was: Weaver Air Force Base (1948) Was: Rapid City Air Force Base (1948-1953) Now: Ellsworth Air Force Base (1953-Present) Sioux Falls AAF, Sioux Falls
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in South Dakota 1941 establishments in South Dakota This page was last edited on 16 April 2019, at 14:57 (UTC) .
List of military installations in Texas Installation name Location Notes Kelly Field / Joint Base San Antonio San Antonio: formerly Kelly Air Force Base Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base: Houston: Lackland Air Force Base: San Antonio Randolph Air Force Base: San Antonio Fort Sam Houston: San Antonio Camp Bullis: San Antonio Martindale Army Air ...
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.
Namesake: Lieutenant Eugene Hoy Barksdale Second Air Force 1949–1975. Eighth Air Force 1975–1992. 4th Air Division 1952–1964. 311th Air Division 1949. 2d Bomb Wing 1963–1991.
Texas will build an operations base for up to 1,800 National Guard members in Eagle Pass, expanding the presence of soldiers in the border city where the state has clashed with the Biden ...
Rapid City AAB aircraft (e.g., for Bombardier training used the Butte County #1 Precision Bombing Range (Newell Bombing Range) 37 mi (60 km) North of the base, Rapid City #2 Precision Bombing Range (Pierre Bombing Range) 129 mi (208 km) East, the Air to Ground Range of 11,532 acres (46.67 km 2) [3] & 33 mi (53 km) East-Northeast, and the Air to Air Range 33 mi (53 km) Southeast. [4]