Ellsworth AFB

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Air_Force_Outstanding_Unit_Award
gptkbp:controlledBy Air Force Global Strike Command
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:elevation 3,278 ft
gptkbp:expansion gptkb:B-21_Raider
gptkbp:FAA_LID gptkb:RCA
gptkbp:garrison gptkb:28th_Bomb_Wing
gptkbp:homeTo gptkb:28th_Bomb_Wing
gptkbp:hostedUnit gptkb:372nd_Training_Squadron_Detachment_8
gptkb:89th_Attack_Squadron_(Air_National_Guard)
gptkb:Detachment_226,_Air_Force_Office_of_Special_Investigations
gptkb:Detachment_8,_372nd_Training_Squadron
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Ellsworth AFB
gptkbp:ICAO_code gptkb:RCA
gptkb:KRCA
gptkbp:location gptkb:Meade_County,_South_Dakota
gptkb:Pennington_County,_South_Dakota
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Richard_E._Ellsworth
gptkbp:nearestCity gptkb:Rapid_City,_South_Dakota
gptkbp:notableEvent Strategic Air Command base during the Cold War
Home to Minuteman missile silos during the Cold War
gptkbp:notableUnit gptkb:28th_Maintenance_Group
gptkb:28th_Medical_Group
gptkb:28th_Mission_Support_Group
gptkb:28th_Operations_Group
gptkb:34th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkb:37th_Bomb_Squadron
gptkbp:opened 1942
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Air_Force
gptkbp:partOf Air Force Global Strike Command
gptkbp:population approximately 8,000 (military and civilian personnel)
gptkbp:previousName gptkb:Rapid_City_Army_Air_Base
gptkb:Rapid_City_Air_Force_Base
gptkbp:primaryAircraft B-1B Lancer
gptkbp:runwayLength 13,497 ft
gptkbp:runwaySurface 13/31
Concrete
gptkbp:timezone gptkb:Mountain_Standard_Time
gptkbp:timezoneDST gptkb:Mountain_Daylight_Time
gptkbp:website https://www.ellsworth.af.mil/
gptkbp:zipCode 57706
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Minuteman_II_missile
gptkb:Rapid_City_Area_Schools
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7