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  • Center offers free tax services for Airmen, retirees, families

    Base officials have opened a tax center in Suite 1604 of the Rushmore Center to help Airmen, retirees and their families prepare their 2013 tax forms free of charge.Active-duty Airmen, retirees and their families can file their taxes with the help of the center's 31 volunteers who have been trained,

  • Normal reporting Feb. 6 despite Douglas late start

    Although Douglas School District is opening two hours late, base officials announced that Ellsworth Air Force Base will continue normal operations and reporting times for its personnel. The delayed start may present issues for some, but officials stressed that the Youth Center will open normally and

  • ACC command chief visits Ellsworth

    Ellsworth Airmen welcomed a visit from Chief Master Sgt. Richard Parsons, Air Combat Command command chief, Jan. 29. During his visit, Parsons toured several locations - including the Raider Café dining facility, Airman Leadership School, 28th Security Forces Squadron shoot house, and the 432nd

  • Professionalism, fiscal environment, main topics of town hall

    Col. Kevin Kennedy, 28th Bomb Wing commander, hosted a town hall meeting at the base theater Jan. 27, to discuss a variety of issues ranging from professionalism in work areas and base housing privatization to the Air Force's fiscal environment.Kennedy, who was joined by other base and community

  • Housing construction slated to begin 2014

    The construction of 214 homes will begin in the former Black Hills Estates area on base this spring. "We are projecting that occupancy of the newly-built homes will start April 2015," said Jim English, 28th Civil Engineer Squadron housing program manager. "Balfour Beatty Community quality compliance

  • Wing commander conducts commander’s calls

    Col. Kevin Kennedy, 28th Bomb Wing commander, hosted two commander's calls Jan. 15 for all Ellsworth Airmen at the Pride Hangar.During each session, the base's highest ranking officer covered a variety of topics, but focused on a few key issues - the wing's accomplishments over the past year, his

  • Ellsworth opens Doolittle Indoor Archery Range

    Airmen, their families, civilian employees and retirees came together to celebrate the grand opening of the Doolittle Indoor Archery Range during a ribbon-cutting ceremony, Jan. 15.The event was the culmination of more than 195 hours dedicated to planning, organizing and restructuring a former