Air Force Financial Management transition on schedule

The Air Force Financial Management recently held an Executive Session, at Ellsworth AFB, S.D., to update senior Air Force financial management leaders on the transformation efforts that are currently underway to increase efficiency, streamline processes and return resources to the war fighter by

Ellsworth hosts financial management executive session

Financial management personnel from throughout the Air Force, including Mr. John Vonglis, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management, and Major General Frank Faykes, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Budget, Office of the Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for

Vintage B-25 bomber to visit Ellsworth's Open House

A B-25 Mitchell, the same aircraft responsible for the famous "Doolittle Raid" over Tokyo in 1942, is scheduled to fly over Ellsworth and be a featured static display at Ellsworth's open house June 23. The B-25 was a bomber that saw action in World War II. Its presence here is directly tied to

Ellsworth’s retiree activities committee re-energized

The retiree activities committee here is hurtling toward a series of events tailor-made for military retirees and their families in the local area. The first initiative is to gather contact data for all local retirees in the area, said Leroy Fogle, Ellsworth retiree activity officer. This contact

Community College of the Air Force Ellsworth spring graduates

Sixty-six Ellsworth personnel received their Community College of the Air Force Associate degree diplomas during a graduation ceremony held at the Dakota's Club April 27, 2007. Aircraft Armament Systems Technology Master Sgt. Glen RauschTech Sgt. Jeff Allen Staff Sgt. Peter Eekhoff Senior Airman

Security measures increase, shoplifting occurrences decrease

Army and Air Force Exchange Service Base Exchanges and Post Exchanges world-wide made upgrades to security systems in an effort to decrease shoplifting incidents; aggressiveness in thieves has caused an increase in costs for all exchange shoppers. A 2002 amendment which allows federal retailers to

Airman uses Air Force knowledge to save life

Within weeks of his arrival at Ellsworth Air Force base, Senior Airman David Perry, an Air Force Financial Services Center instructor, made a name for himself. While shopping at a local grocery store on the evening of April 23, Airman Perry watched as a man walking in front of him let out a gasp for

General provides clarification on UAV use

Recent discussion in hearings on Capitol Hill, and elsewhere on an executive agency proposal to achieve greater efficiency in unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) procurement is being confused with joint operational employment of those UAVs. "These are two related, but distinctly separate issues," said

Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 complete, participating members return home

Editor's note: This article is part 4 of a series.One hundred seventy three members and six B-1s returned to Ellsworth after the 16-day exercise Red Flag-Alaska 07-1 ended April 21. "We came to Alaska at the perfect time of the year; the local conditions were great," said Lt. Col. David Stimac, 28th

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