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  • MUNS competes for SecDef Phoenix Award

    Ellsworth's 28th Munitions Squadron won the 2007 Air Force Maintenance Effectiveness Award and is now among the contenders for the Secretary of Defense Phoenix Award as the best of the best in the Department of Defense. The Phoenix Award is the highest award for field-level maintenance recognizing

  • Ellsworth host annual Easter Egg Hunt

    The annual Ellsworth Easter Egg Hunt, sponsored by the Army and Air Force Exchange Service and the 28th Services Squadron, took place at Ellsworth's Base Exchange, March 22. The event was also coordinated by members of the Black Hills Community Center, who gathered seven volunteers to do face

  • February 2008 Articles 15

    Ten Ellsworth Airmen received articles 15 in February. An airman first class from the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron received an Article 15 for one specification of drunk driving and one specification of underage drinking. Punishment consisted of a reduction to airman basic, 45 days suspended

  • 28 MDG aides civilian nurses' training

    For the first time, civilian nursing students will be allowed to complete their required 160 hours clinical training with nurses and medical technicians at the 28th Medical Group. Licensed practical nursing students from Western Dakota Technical Institute will begin their clinical rotations here

  • Airman Appreciation Meal draws hundreds of Airmen

    Nearly 300 gourmet meals were served during the newly redesigned Airman Appreciation Meal at the Bandit Inn dining facility here March 11. The meal featured tomato soup, top loin steak, breaded fried shrimp, roasted honey ham and a dessert. "We've served 78 people alone before the first [dinner]

  • Air Force releases senior master sergeant promotion results

    The Air Force announced the results for the senior master sergeant promotion cycle March 12. The Air Force selected 1,284 master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant out of 14,404 master sergeants eligible for an 8.91 percent selection rate. Ellsworth's newest senior master sergeant

  • B-1B destroys al-Qaida torture compound in Iraq

    A B-1B Lancer aircrew destroyed an al-Qaida torture compound and prison with six guided bomb unit-38 Joint Direct Attack Munitions at 2:07 p.m. March 10 in Zenbaraniyah. The bombing marked a change of fortunes for the village, where local villagers began standing up to the terrorists a little more