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  • Update: June 6/ 6 a.m. – Flood related road closures, caution areas

    The recent increase in rain fall has resulted in flooding in several areas, as rain continues, please visit this Web site or call 385-7623 (ROAD) for updated information. On-base road closures: None. Off-base road closures: 225th between 151st and Tower Road Country Road from Haines Avenue to 143rd

  • Travel card services provider to change

    Citibank will succeed Bank of America Nov. 30 as provider of Air Force government travel card services. Air Force members and civilian employees don't need to take any action other than ensuring their mailing address with Bank of America is correct. Citibank will use that information for its card

  • Top two Air Force leaders resign

    The Air Force's top civilian and uniformed leader tendered their resignations to Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates June 5. "Recent events convince me that it is now time for a new leader to take the stick and for me to move on," said Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne in a statement.

  • Update: June 5/ 11:30 p.m. - Flood related road closures, caution areas

    The recent increase in rain fall has resulted in flooding in several areas, as rain continues, please visit this Web site or call 385-7623 (ROAD) for updated information. On-base road closures: None. Off-base road closures: Country Road from Haines Avenue to 143rd Avenue 155 Avenue in Box Elder 156

  • Flood related road closures, caution areas

    The recent increase in rain fall has resulted in flooding in several areas, as rain continues, please visit this Web site or call 385-7623 (ROAD) for updated information. On-base road closures: Spaatz Drive between Ellsworth Drive and Twining Street Keystone Avenue Belle Fourche Avenue Scott Drive

  • Museum director opens Eisenhower's B-25

    Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower's North American B-25 Mitchell personal transport during World War II, preserved for decades at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, was opened May 21 to catalog the contents for historical reference. "It isn't far-fetched that General Eisenhower used this B-25 during the

  • Public service announcement -- traveling in rain

    There are several safety concerns one should have during periods of heavy rains, especially when rain is coming down too fast for it to drain from roads in a timely manner. Water left on roads, even in small amounts, can cause vehicle accidents due to aquaplaning. Sudden movement of the vehicle,

  • Red Cross facilitates evacuations of flood victims

    The Black Hills Area Chapter of the American Red Cross is currently assisting 21 or more people displaced by flooding in the Box Elder area. Due to the immediate need for food and shelter, the Red Cross will open a shelter at Douglas Middle School, 401 Tower Rd. in Box Elder. The Salvation Army will

  • B-1B sniper pod aims to hit summer target

    Air Force officials say the B-1B Lancer sniper pod could be operational as early as this summer after accelerated testing cut the length of the sniper pod program from nine to three months. Air Force Materiel Command's Global Power Bomber Combined Test Force at Edwards Air Force Base, along with Air

  • Tops in Blue to perform in Rapid City

    The U.S. Air Force's Tops in Blue is offering a free night of family entertainment at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center Arena June 19 at 7:30 p.m. This year, Tops in Blue continues its long-standing tradition of "family entertaining family" by showing us what has made it a "must-see" event every year