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Ellsworth AFB: The man behind the base
Brig. Gen. Richard Ellsworth’s gravestone stands decorated at the Black Hills National Cemetery, S.D., May 29, 2017. Ellsworth was the 28th Strategic Reconnaissance Wing commander before he was killed in a plane crash March 18, 1953. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Nicolas Z. Erwin)