Ellsworth First to Get B-21 Bomber
3/27/2019
​—Amy McCullough
Ellsworth AFB, S.D., is the preferred location to receive the first operational B-21 bomber and formal training unit beginning in the mid-2020s, the service announced Wednesday.
Whiteman AFB, Mo., and Dyess AFB, Texas, also are slated to receive B-21s “as they become available,†while Barksdale AFB, La., and Minot AFB, N.D., will continue to host the B-52 Stratofortress.
Ellsworth was chosen because it already “provides sufficient space and existing facilities necessary to accommodate simultaneous missions at the lowest cost and with minimal operational impact across all three bases,†states the release.
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