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  • New legislation limits lenders

    Congress has recently passed legislation that will limit the annual percentages on payday and other types of loans offered to military members and their families. "Predatory lending companies have long offered short-term, high-interest loans (sometimes referred to as pay day loans) to military

  • Ellsworth CFC works toward $90,000 goal

    Ellsworth's Air Force Combined Federal Campaign kicked off Sept. 24 and will run through Oct. 12. All military and civilians employees on Ellsworth can contribute to the CFC. The CFC raises money for various national and local charities. Over the next three weeks, Ellsworth will attempt to raise

  • Ball shining showcase of heritage

    Birthdays, for many, are a time to celebrate and enjoy the company of family and friends. Ellsworth Airmen took part in the traditional cake-cutting, dancing celebration on Sept 22 in the culmination of a year-long celebration of the Air Force's 60th Anniversary. Throughout the past year, the Air

  • B-1Bs celebrate 20 years at Ellsworth

    Ellsworth has been the home to many airframes since it first opened as Rapid City Army Air Base in January 1942. Airframes such as the P-51 Mustang, P-38 Lightning, B-36 Peacemaker, B-52 Stratofortress, and most recently, the B-1B Lancer, have called the parking ramps of Ellsworth's flightline home.

  • MUNS sets bar high in fight against DUI

    It's no secret that driving under the influence incidents at Ellsworth have been a problem for many years, but the 28th Munitions Squadron is doing their part to change that negative history. As of Sept 14, the 28th MUNS has gone 400 days without a single DUI. That success, according to Lt. Col.

  • Airmen encouraged to ‘discover the hills’

    Imagine this scenario: you are new to South Dakota (and maybe even new to the Air Force), have never been to the state before, the moving company has delivered your household goods, and you've started your new job. Slowly, you are adjusting to the new location but wonder, what is there to do here on

  • Ellsworth remembers lost Airmen on 10-year anniversary

    September 19 marks the 10-year anniversary of a tragic day in Ellsworth's history, the day a B-1 went down and four Airmen were lost. Killed were 28th Bomb Wing's Col. Anthony Beat, pilot and 28th BW vice commander; Maj. Kirk Cakerice, instructor pilot, Maj. Clay Culver, weapons system officer and