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EllsworthAFB is located at 44°8'15" North, 103°4'5" West (44.137471, -103.068123).
EllsworthAFB has been assigned the (A code of letters and digits added to a postal address to aid in the sorting of mail) ZIP code 57706.
The host unit for EllsworthAFB is the 28th Bomb Wing and is assigned to 12th Air Force under (A command that is the primary provider of air combat weapon systems to the United States Air Force; operates fighter and bomber and reconnaissance and and battle-management and rescue aircraft) Air Combat Command.
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Ellsworth was known as "The Showplace of Strategic Air Command" as it continued to fight the Cold War by maintaining two legs of America's strategic triad: strategic bombardment and land-based ICBMs.
In October 1960, EllsworthAFB entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28 BMW.
In 1962, the unit was reactivated at EllsworthAFB, SD, and redesignated the 44th Strategic Missile Wing as part of the 821st Strategic Aerospace Division.
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Ellsworth controls all air space 40 miles around its area, including all landings in nearby Rapid City, South Dakota.
President Dwight D. Eisenhower dedicated the base in honor of Gen Ellsworth.
There are no nearby major military installations close to Ellsworth, although Rapid City is the home of Camp Rapid, the headquarters for the South Dakota National Guard
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In October 1960, Ellsworth entered the "Space Age," with the activation of the 850th Strategic Missile Squadron, initially assigned to the 28th BMW.
Ellsworth soon became known as "The Showplace of SAC" as it continued to fight the Cold War by maintaining two legs of America's strategic triad: strategic bombardment and ICBMs.
Headquarters SAC activated a third wing, the 99th Strategic Weapons Wing, at Ellsworth on 10 August 1989.
Her call was put through to the radar controller at EllsworthAFB, and during the rest of her observation she was on the phone with the duty radar operator, to which she described the moves of phenomenon.
The radarman called the pilot of an F-84 jet fighter he had on combat patrol at the west of EllsworthAFB, told him to get ready for intercept and vectored him towards the target, which was stationary at 16.000 feet of altitude at the south of the base, at about 15 miles northeast of Blackhawk.
He was north of EllsworthAFB on a heading of 360 degrees magnetic when he saw a light 30-40 degrees to his right and level.
Ellsworth soon became known as "The Showplace of Strategic Air Command" as it continued to fight the Cold War by maintaining two legs of America's strategic triad: strategic bombardment and land-based ICBMs.
In 1986 the base and the 28th Bombardment Wing made extensive preparations to phase out the aging B-52 fleet and become the new home for the advanced B-1B.
On June 1, 1992, as part of the first major reorganization since the creation of the U.S. Air Force, the Air Force inactivated Strategic Air Command and assigned Ellsworth's organizations (including a renamed 28th Bomb Wing) to the newly-activated Air Combat Command.
Ellsworth Air Force Base (see also http://www.strategic-air-command.com/bases/Ellsworth_AFB.htm), located in western South Dakota, initially had 150 Minuteman I missiles (also Titan Is, see http://w3.uwyo.edu/~jimkirk/titan1.html#ellsworth) which were installed between April 1963 and the end of 1963.
The people: Ellsworth sites were staffed by the 66th, 67th, and 68th Missile Squadrons, under the 44th Missile Wing (activated January 1 1962; deactivated July 4 1994).
May, 2005, EllsworthAFB is on a new list of bases to be closed.
The 24 B-1 aircraft assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing would be distributed to the 7th Bomb Wing, Dyess Air Force Base, TX.
Ellsworth (39) ranked lower in military value for the bomber mission than Dyess (20).
Assuming no economic recovery, this recommendation could result in a maximum potential reduction of 6,768 jobs (3,852 direct jobs and 2,916 indirect jobs) over the 2006-2011 period in the Rapid City, SD, Metropolitan Statistical economic area (8.5 percent).
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Day to Day, June 22, 2005 · Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota -- the second-biggest employer in the state -- is scheduled to be shut down as a result of the latest round of base closures.
A hearing scheduled Wednesday will give critics of the closure a last chance to make their argument.