Ellsworth Air Force Base
Ellsworth Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located about 10 miles northeast of Rapid City, South Dakota, just north of the town of Box Elder.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Airbase
- Description: US Air Force base in Rapid City, South Dakota
- Also known as: “Ellsworth AFB”, “Ellsworth Air Force Base, SD”, “KRCA”, and “RCA”
Places of Interest
Highlights include South Dakota Air and Space Museum.
South Dakota Air and Space Museum
Museum
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The South Dakota Air and Space Museum is an aviation museum located in Box Elder, South Dakota, just outside the main gate of Ellsworth Air Force Base. It is dedicated to the history of the United States Air Force, the base and aerospace in South Dakota. South Dakota Air and Space Museum is situated 1½ miles southeast of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Box Elder.
Box Elder
Town
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Box Elder is a city in Pennington and Meade Counties, South Dakota, United States. The population was 11,746 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 13,887 in 2024, making it the ninth-most populous city in South Dakota. Ellsworth Air Force Base lies on the northeast side of the city, and it is a suburb of Rapid City. Box Elder is situated 2 miles southeast of Ellsworth Air Force Base.
Ellsworth Air Force Base
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Tajik—“Ellsworth Air Force Base” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Chinese: “Ellsworth AFB”
- Chinese: “埃尔斯沃思空军基地”
- Chinese: “埃爾斯沃思空軍基地”
- Czech: “Ellsworthova letecká základna”
- Dutch: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- French: “base aérienne d’Ellsworth”
- French: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- French: “RCA”
- German: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Irish: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Italian: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Japanese: “エルスワース空軍基地”
- Japanese: “エルズワース空軍基地”
- Japanese: “ラピッドシティ基地”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Ellsworth AFB”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Norwegian: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی الزورت”
- Portuguese: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Swedish: “Ellsworth Air Force Base”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи нерӯе ҳаво олзурт”
- Tajik: “Пойгоҳи Нерӯи Ҳавоии Еллсуорс”
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