PIERRE, (KCCR) — Areas around Rapid City and Ellsworth Air Force Base look to benefit substantially from the addition of the B-21 Raider bomber at the base. Tom Johnson, the President and C-E-O of Elevate Rapid City told the Select Committee on Legislative Relationships with Ellsworth Air Force Base the impact to western South Dakota there are five to eight people moving to Rapid City every day because of the Ellsworth expansion…
Johnson says the local tax impact is in the billions of dollars…
Ellsworth Development Authority Executive Director Scott Landguth says airspace for training is a big reason why the B-21 is coming to South Dakota…
The Select Committee on Legislative Relationships with Ellsworth Air Force Base will meet again later this year in Sioux Falls.
