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  • Building a green future

    With April 22 marked as Earth Day 2011, Ellsworth Airmen are encouraged to look for ways they can conserve energy in everyday life.The base is hosting events designed to educate Airmen on energy conservation.During Earth Day, the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron is scheduled to place two outreach booths

  • Heart Link welcomes spouses

    Heart Link brought spouses together to introduce them both to the base, and their new support network, April 18.Heart Link is a program established by wing leadership to introduce new wives and husbands to fellow spouses and the base. The program is offered between four and five times a year to

  • Ellsworth Airmen celebrate 69th Doolittle Raiders Reunion

    Two representatives from the 34th Bomb Squadron travelled from Ellsworth to Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., to participate in an event honoring the five surviving Doolittle Raiders, April 14 and 15.Capt. Joshua Krum and Capt. Maria Hunter, 34th Bomb Squadron weapon system officers, attended the 69th

  • Focus group study

    The Air Force Surgeon General has asked the RAND Corporation, a non-profit research organization, to study patient experiences with health care provided by the Air Force. RAND will be conducting patient focus groups at Ellsworth Air Force Base on May 9th and 10th. If you have been stationed at

  • CDC hosts children’s art show

    The creative masterpieces of children attending the Ellsworth Air Force Base Child Development Center are currently on display now through April 29 as part of the CDC's first ever children's art show."Every classroom in the CDC has done artwork," said Carol Heiser, 28th Force Support Squadron CDC

  • 28th SFS earns MAJCOM award

    Air Combat Command officials recently named the 28th Security Forces Squadron as the 2010 Air Combat Command Outstanding Medium-sized Security Forces Squadron of the Year due to its numerous accomplishments, both at home and abroad.The 28th SFS will receive the award during an awards banquet at the

  • Wing commander tests B-1B simulator upgrade

    28th Bomb Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey Taliaferro visited Ellsworth's B-1B Lancer simulators to evaluate upgrades made to weapon and visual system trainers, April 15.Modifications began mid-January 2011 to upgrade visual and sensor databases, as well as the projectors and display screens of the

  • ACC command chief visits Ellsworth

    In order to better understand and communicate the needs of enlisted Airmen, Chief Master Sgt. Martin Klukas, the command chief of Air Combat Command, visited Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., April 13 through 16.During his visit he toured various base facilities and met Airmen from units and

  • 34th Bomb Squadron departs for Green Flag

    More than one hundred Airmen from the 34th Bomb Squadron and 28th Operations Support Squadron are scheduled to depart Ellsworth, April 14, for the Green Flag West 11-06 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15 to 29.Lt. Col. John Martin, 34th Bomb Squadron commander, said the Green Flag

  • Kids, spouses and teachers experience deployment

    As a way of helping children, spouses and teachers of military families to gain a better understanding of the deployment process, Ellsworth Air Force Base hosted a special event in the PRIDE Hangar, April 9.The event, called KUDOS, SUDOS and TUDOS - kids, spouses and teachers understanding