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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) .
Airfields of the United States Army Air Forces in South Dakota (6 P) Pages in category "Military installations in South Dakota" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total.
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. ...
The South Dakota National Guard is part of the South Dakota Department of Military & Veterans Affairs. It was created in 1862 as the State Militia. Its headquarters is located in Rapid City, South Dakota. It consists of the South Dakota Army National Guard and the South Dakota Air National Guard. [1]
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 ...
Camp Rapid is a South Dakota Army National Guard installation located in Westside, Rapid City, South Dakota, just inside the edge of the Black Hills. Although the South Dakota state capital is Pierre, South Dakota , the state's Adjutant General has his office and headquarters in Camp Rapid.