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  • Programs help post-deployment Airmen, families

    After a deployment or time spent away, servicemembers may need help adjusting to life back at home. Both the 28th Medical Group and TriWest Healthcare Alliance offer treatment options to assist Ellsworth servicemembers who have difficulty readjusting after a deployment. "Upon returning from any

  • Deployed chaplain assistant wins ACC-level award

    The announcement that Senior Airman Martin Gomez, 28th Bomb Wing chaplain assistant, had won the 2008 Air Combat Command Outstanding Chaplain Assistant Airman Award Feb. 13, was cause for celebration, even though he wasn't here. Airman Gomez, who left three days prior to deploying to Southwest Asia,

  • Little white forms help Airmen give back

    There will be thousands of little white forms roaming around Ellsworth during the Air Force Assistance Fund campaign, which kicked off with a breakfast Feb. 24. During the breakfast and throughout the campaign, servicemembers are asked to donate money to help fellow Airmen. "If Airmen ever wanted to

  • New policy directive outlines restricted travel to Mexico

    A recent increase in violence in Mexico has contributed to a new policy from Lt. Gen. Norman Seip, 12th Air Force commander, outlining guidance for military members traveling to Mexico, Feb. 9. According to the new travel policy for all 12 AF personnel, all active-duty military members, activated

  • 28 SFS displays skills in competition

    As Airman 1st Class Amber Motske, 28th Security Forces response force leader, carefully and steadily aims her M-4 Carbine at the Combat Arms Training and Marksmanship range target, she also silently challenges five other bomb wings in an Air Combat Command competition that hasn't taken place in more

  • Feb. 22 airpower summary: B-1B destroys enemy bunker

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Feb. 22, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, an Air Force B-1B Lancer destroyed an anti-Afghan bunker

  • SFS: Watch your driving habits--we are

    Ellsworth's crime fighters have been "turned loose" by the wing commander to launch stringent enforcement measures in order to deter traffic violations and other unsafe practices, which could lead to injury or even death among Airmen and their families. "The other day I witnessed someone driving

  • ARPC official's announce major, lieutenant colonel, colonel promotions

    Air Force officials here selected 84 lieutenant colonels, 164 majors, and 326 captains in the medical and dental corps for promotion Feb. 19. The entire list can be found on the Air Force Personnel Center's Web page. The boards considered 531 lieutenant colonels, 568 majors and 335 captains for

  • Master Sgt. Blackmon: A true "Warrior Airman"

    During the early hours of May 12, 2007, eight members of the U.S. Army were ambushed by al Qaeda insurgents, killing five soldiers and abducting the three others. In an effort to clear the route for the search teams assigned to locate the abducted, Master Sgt. Anthony Blackmon, 28th Civil Engineer

  • "Speed" comes to Ellsworth

    A production team and show host from The Speed Channel's motorcycle centric program, "American Thunder," visited here Feb. 11 and filmed part of an upcoming episode at the S.D. Air and Space Museum. The future episode concentrates on the attractions and cultural icons in the Black Hills area