Major expansion at Ellsworth Air Force Base set to benefit all parties involved [Video]

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KEVN) – The federal government is investing two billion dollars to expand Ellsworth Air Force Base In Box Elder. The new B-21 Raider Bomber fleet and 14,000 additional Air Force personnel are set to arrive at the facility soon.

The State of South Dakota is preparing for the expansion of the base and the people who live there. Mike Walsh, the co-chair of the Ellsworth Air Force Base legislative committee says the top priority for this expansion is to offer comfort for military members and their families.

“I’m a military veteran but more importantly I’m also the spouse of a military member and I know when the families come in they want a great community to be part of and part of that is schools and part of that is infrastructure, part of that is things to do off duty whether it’s parks or movie theaters or …