Ellsworth Air Force Base

With the installation of the B-21 at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City the area’s population is expected to grow by as much as two percent a year. That means plans need to be made now for the schools, housing, and roads newcomers will use when they get here.

China is a threat. That’s the message South Dakota’s lone congressman has for members of the Sioux Falls rotary on Monday.

Defense and congressional officials are hinting at the role the incoming B-21 bomber may have. This week’s remarks during a military symposium in the Black Hills mark some of the first times an American adversary is mentioned in relation to the next-generation stealth bomber.

The 34th Bomber Squadron at Ellsworth Air Base became the first B-1 Bomber combat mission to fly from the United States with the objective of striking overseas targets.

As the United States entered World War II, a new air base was established in Rapid City.

In the Moment brings you Monday Macro on a Tuesday. We go stargazing with Joe Santos, give you an update on the historic snowstorm in Sioux Falls and more.

In the Moment brings you Monday Macro on a Tuesday. We go stargazing with Joe Santos, give you an update on the historic snowstorm in Sioux Falls and more.

The $1.7 trillion-dollar federal spending package contains billions for a nuclear capable stealth bomber that will call Ellsworth Air Force Base home.

The B-21 Raider is a stealth plane military officials call “the next evolution of the Air Force strategic bomber fleet.”

Airmen from Ellsworth Airforce Base completed training missions in the Indo-Pacific region last week.