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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.
Ellsworth Community College is a public community college in Iowa Falls, Iowa.It was founded as Ellsworth College in 1890 by Eugene S. Ellsworth.Originally a private business academy, it later became a four-year college, a music conservatory, and a public junior college before being absorbed into the Iowa Valley Community College District in 1968.
National American University–Ellsworth AFB Extension: Ellsworth Air Force Base: Private for-profit 1941 [34] 2024 [note 5] National American University–Rapid City: Rapid City: Private for-profit 1941 [34] 2024 [note 6] National American University–Sioux Falls: Sioux Falls: Private for-profit 1941 [34] 2024 [note 7] Redfield College ...
Home to the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Safety Center and Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center. The 58th Special Operations Wing and the New Mexico Air National Guard's 150th Special Operations Wing train special operations crews to operate the CV-22B Osprey , HC-130J Combat King II , MC-130J Commando II , HH-60G ...
The Air Force Financial Services Center (AFFSC) was a Field Operating Agency of the United States Air Force. The center was located at Ellsworth Air Force Base in Rapid City, South Dakota. Its mission was to centrally process all military pay and travel pay transactions for the Air Force, and to answer financial services questions from Air ...
[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]
Constituted in the Organized Reserve (Iowa) as the 313th Observation Squadron on 24 June 1921; 1st Lt. Charles Lindbergh was a member of the squadron from June to November 1925; Consolidated on 24 November 1936, with the 313th Aero Squadron; Inactivated on 2 October 1939; disbanded on 31 May 1942 [34] 314th Aero Squadron July 1918
Its last assignment was with Fifteenth Air Force at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, where it was inactivated on 30 June 1971. The division was activated as the 821st Air Division at Ellsworth in 1959 to command Boeing B-52 Stratofortress units of Strategic Air Command (SAC), which had been dispersed along the northern border of the ...