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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.
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 ...
1.87 Rapid City AFB (Ellsworth AFB, 13 Jun 1953), Rapid City, SD (H). ... operate or formerly operated many air bases both in the State and in other states. ...
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
The first five of these installations were set up by Sandia immediately neighboring selected SAC bases. Site F was located at Ellsworth AFB, near Rapid City, South Dakota and named Rushmore Air Force Station. "Sandia transferred operation of the five alert sites bordering the SAC bases to Air Materiel Command after a shakedown period during ...
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) .
The U.S. military maintains hundreds of installations, both inside the United States and overseas (with at least 128 military bases located outside of its national territory as of July 2024). [2] According to the U.S. Army, Camp Humphreys in South Korea is the largest overseas base in terms of area. [ 3 ]
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in Texas (82 P) Pages in category "Military installations in Texas" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total.