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Rapid City Flying Aces

Founded	2000
Arena	Don Barnett Arena Don Barnett Arena The Don Barnett Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Rapid City, South Dakota. It is the home of the Rapid City Flying Aces arena football team....
Based in	Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City, South Dakota Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...
Colors	Black, red, silver
League	none as of right now
Head coach
President of Football Operations

The Rapid City Flying Aces is a professional indoor American football team in Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City, South Dakota

Rapid City is the second-largest city in the U.S. state of South Dakota, and the county seat of Pennington County. Named after Rapid Creek on which the city is established, it is set against the eastern slope of the Black Hills mountain range. The population was 67,956 as of the 2010 Census. Rapid...

. Like their predecessors, the Black Hills Red Dogs, they play their home games at the Don Barnett Arena

Don Barnett Arena

The Don Barnett Arena is a 10,000 seat multi-purpose arena in Rapid City, South Dakota. It is the home of the Rapid City Flying Aces arena football team....

in Rapid City. As of April 2007 The Flying Aces did not belong to any football league. The team was affiliated with the Indoor Football League

Indoor Football League

The Indoor Football League began in 1999 as an offshoot of the troubled Professional Indoor Football League. Keary Ecklund, the owner of the Green Bay Bombers and Madison Mad Dogs, left the PIFL after its first, financially-troubled, season to start his own league. Unlike the PIFL, the IFL was an...

in 2000; with the National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League was a professional indoor football league in the United States. For their first six years, the league had teams in markets not covered by either the Arena Football League or its developmental league, af2, however, that changed briefly with their expansion into AFL...

from 2001 to 2004 and in 2006; and with United Indoor Football

United Indoor Football

United Indoor Football was a United States indoor football league that started in 2005. Ten owners from the National Indoor Football League, including one expansion and two from arenafootball2 took their franchises and formed their own league...

in 2005. The team considered rejoining the United Indoor Football

United Indoor Football

in 2008.

The Flying Aces won at least 10 out of 14 games three times in their seven seasons; however, organizational turmoil threatened the existence of the franchise.

Team History 2000-2005

The team began play as the Black Hills Machine of the Indoor Football League

Indoor Football League

in 2000. They lost in the first round of the playoffs to the Topeka Kings. When the IFL folded, the franchise moved to the newly-formed National Indoor Football League

National Indoor Football League

as a charter member and became the Rapid City Red Dogs. The team played in the NIFL from 2001-2003. In 2004, the franchise renamed itself the Black Hills Red Dogs. In 2005, the Red Dogs joined the United Indoor Football

United Indoor Football

as a charter member and won a single game during their inaugural season in the UIF.

2006 Season

In 2006, the franchise moved back to the NIFL and became the Rapid City Flying Aces. During the 2006 season, they began the season 8-0. It appeared the team was going to fold; however, several local investors helped pay the bills and save the team. The team went on to the Pacific Conference title game, where they lost to the Billings Outlaws

Billings Outlaws

The Billings Outlaws were a professional league indoor football team. They were a member of the Indoor Football League, of which they are the current champions. They played their home games at Rimrock Auto Arena at MetraPark...

Season-By-Season

|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Black Hills Machine (IFL)
|-
|2000 || 10 || 4 || 0 || 2nd WC Northern || Lost Round 1 (Topeka)
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Rapid City Red Dogs (NIFL)
|-
|2001 || 13 || 1 || 0 || 1st PC Central || Lost Round 1 (Sioux Falls

Sioux Falls Storm

The Sioux Falls Storm are a professional indoor football team. They are a member of the Indoor Football League. They play their home games at Sioux Falls Arena...

)
|-
|2002 || 6 || 8 || 0 || 4th PC Western || --
|-
|2003 || 7 || 7 || 0 || 3rd PC Western || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Black Hills Red Dogs (NIFL)
|-
|2004 || 3 || 11 || 0 || 4th PC Western || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Black Hills Red Dogs (UIF)
|-
|2005 || 1 || 14 || 0 || 4th North || --
|-
| colspan="6" align="center" | Rapid City Flying Aces (NIFL)
|-
|2006 || 11 || 3 || 0 || 1st Pacific West || Won Pacific Semi-Final (Katy

Texas Copperheads

The Texas Copperheads were a professional arena football that played in af2, the minor league for the Arena Football League. The team was founded in 2006 as member of the National Indoor Football League . They played their home games at the Richard E. Berry Educational Support Center in Cypress,...

)
Lost Pacific Championship (Billings

Billings Outlaws

)
|-
|2007 || colspan="5" align="center" | Did Not Play
|-
!Totals || 52 || 51 || 0
|colspan="2"| (including playoffs)

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