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  • ROTC warrior run at Mount Rushmore

    Nearly 400 Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets ended their field training with a graduation run from Keystone, S.D., to Mount Rushmore's amphitheater July 25. This is the first time ROTC students have marked the end of their four-week training course at the national monument. Col. Joe Abbott, ROTC

  • Deployed Airmen return

    Nearly 300 Airmen deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Southwest Asia returned home to Ellsworth July 27 after supporting combat operations in the continuing Global War on Terror for six months. Ellsworth's wing commander, honor guard, squadron commanders, chiefs, first sergeants and

  • Ellsworth Airman tours country to recount Iraq experience

    One Airman has seen his fair share of travel over the last two years. From convoys in Iraq to communities throughout the United States, Tech Sgt. Howard Watkins, dispatch operations non-commissioned officer in charge, 28th Logistics Readiness Squadron, has lived and is now giving a first-hand

  • Senior Airman Chauntay Green

    What does your job entail? I conduct safety and sanitation inspections for all public and food facilities on base and select facilities off base. I also educate and counsel individuals on communicable diseases and manage the clinic employee health program. What do you like about your job? I learn

  • Air Force supports Army training

    More than 75 units from 34 states and two countries moved into the Black Hills to participate in Joint Thunder 2007 which ended June 23. The Joint Thunder Exercise is a multi-component, multi-echelon, single scenario driven exercise. The exercise scenario emphasizes the nine battle drills and 40

  • Airman 1st Class Hameeda Vignes

    What does your job entail? I take care of active-duty and retired members and their families. This is a very vague description of my job, but essentially I try to look after the good men and women of the military and their offspring. What do you like about your job? My job is the best. I meet new

  • 12th Air Force and Air Forces Southern commander: Thank you

    To the Airmen and civilians of 12th Air Force, July seventh marks my one-year point as your commander, and in that time 12th Air Force has faced a number of challenges, including numerous short-notice deployments, high-visibility exercises - all during a period of force reductions. In the face of

  • New enlisted leaders graduate ALS

    Twenty-seven senior airmen graduated from Ellsworth's Airman Leadership School and were recognized during a ceremony June 25 at Dakota's. Award winners were: John L. Levitow Senior Airman Matthew Agle, 28th Operations Support Squadron Leadership Award and Distinguished Graduate Senior Airman