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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.
[8] [9] In 1994, a Minuteman II missile silo trainer located on Ellsworth Air Force Base was added to the museum inventory. [10] [b] The museum received a grant in 1998 to renovate its displays. [12] In 2001, a new entrance with a Rockwell B-1 Lancer was dedicated. [13] Following a restoration, an AGM-28 Hound Dog missile was unveiled in 2011. [14]
This is a list of the LGM-30 Minuteman missile, Missile Alert Facilities and Launch Facilities of the 44th Missile Wing, 20th Air Force, assigned to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. The 44th SMW executed the unique 'Long Life' test of a Minuteman ICBM.
In June 2021, the Air Force selected Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota as the first base for the B-21 aircraft. Dyess was considered an alternative, and in March 2023, was announced as the ...
Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers, from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., fly over the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 18 April 2017, on the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan. The flyover marked the end of a memorial service commemorating the raid.
The 44th Missile Wing (44 MW) is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with Twentieth Air Force, being assigned to Ellsworth AFB, South Dakota. It was inactivated on 4 July 1994. For over 40 years the 44th was a front-line Strategic Air Command wing, initially as a B-47 Stratojet medium bomber unit in the 1950s.
Historic American Engineering Record (HAER) No. SD-50, "Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, 10 mile radius around Exit 127 off Interstate 90, Interior vicinity, Jackson County, SD" HAER No. SD-50-A, "Ellsworth Air Force Base, Delta Flight, Launch Control Facility, County Road CS23A, North of Exit 127, Interior vicinity, Jackson County, SD ...
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.