News Search

News

  • Sept. 24 airpower summary: B-1Bs bomb enemy targets

    Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations Sept. 24, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles dropped guided bomb unit-31s

  • Museum, Douglas School District re-enact 'candy bomber' mission

    The South Dakota Air and Space Museum has partnered with the Douglas School District to re-enact a "candy drop" from the 1948 Berlin Airlift Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. at the Douglas Middle School football field. The event is free and open to the public and scheduled to feature retired Col. Gail

  • Aspen Inn receives facelift

    Since the beginning of September, the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, in conjunction with the 28th Force Support Squadron, has been renovating the Aspen Inn, a temporary lodging facility for military members moving to and from Ellsworth. "The Aspen Inn has had ongoing issues for the past eight years,"

  • Airmen 'Discover the Hills' - safely

    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

  • Ellsworth remembers Airmen of Fury 02

    Eleven years ago, Sept. 19 became a tragic day in Ellsworth's history when a B-1, designated Fury 02, crashed and four Airmen were lost. The 28th Bomb Wing Airmen killed were Col. Anthony Beat, pilot and 28 BW vice commander, Maj. Kirk Cakerice, instructor pilot, Maj. Clay Culver, weapons system

  • Ellsworth Airman Leadership School students graduate

    Sixteen enlisted members graduated from Ellsworth's Airman Leadership School and were recognized during a ceremony at Dakota's on the Air Force birthday, Sept 18. The mission of ALS is to prepare senior airmen for supervisory duties and foster a commitment to the profession of arms. Award winners

  • Security response training promotes readiness, teamwork

    Eleven local law enforcement agencies, along with the 28th Security Forces Squadron, participated in security response training here, Sept. 12; the exercise was designed for the agencies to work together to resolve high-risk situations with minimum loss of life, injury or property damage. "We rely