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  • Cub scouts race homemade pinewood cars

    Base Cub Scouts met at Dakota’s Club Feb. 3 for their annual Pinewood Derby race.Little has changed in the Pinewood derby since it began in 1953. The goal of the race is to have scouts design a car to race in the derby.The scouts, ranging in ages from 6 to 12, carved their ‘race cars’ out of a block

  • ORE shows base progress toward ORI

    Official grades for the 28th Bomb Wing’s Phase II Operational Readiness Exercise Jan. 30 through Feb. 1 weren’t available by press time, however, exercise officials stressed the wing is headed in the right direction.“The wing is making progress,” said Lt. Col. Lucien Grise, 28th BW wing plans

  • National Guardsman soars into Super Bowl XL

    Bryce Fisher the “Guardsman” can earn a medal or a ribbon or receive a commander’s coin for a job well done.Now, Bryce Fisher the “football player” has a shot at a Super Bowl ring and a title his hometown has been waiting 30 years for.The Seattle Seahawks, the newly crowned National Football

  • LRS takes two from CES ‘A,’ in control of National League

    The 28th Logistics Readiness Squadron swept the two-game regular season series from the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron ‘A’ team, winning 52-48 Jan. 24 and 45-42 Jan. 26 at the Bellamy Fitness Center to claim sole possession of first place in the base intramural basketball National League.Elliot Young

  • Thunderbirds soar into 2006

    The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron is set for a busy and historic season in 2006, including more than 70 demonstrations in 27 states.The team will also be making history with the first female demonstration team pilot in the United States. Capt. Nicole Malachowski from Las Vegas,

  • Survey says ... tell HRMA your opinion

    Ellsworth members’ input is needed for the base’s Housing Require-ments and Market Analysis survey.The short, Web-based survey is available Monday through March 6.The purpose of this survey is to identify housing conditions today that can help forecast housing conditions in the future, said Col.

  • ALS rest rooms newly renovated

    The rest room renovations at the Samuel O. Turner Airman Leadership School were completed Jan. 10, and ALS class 06-3 became the first in-resident class at the facility since the project began Aug. 10, 2005.The approximately $215,000 project took four months to complete.“These renovations bring the

  • Nightingale drops 30 on CS in bomb squadrons’ victory

    Justin Nightingale lit up the scoreboard Jan. 19 for 30 points, leading the 34th Bomb Squadron/37th Bomb Squadron to a 49-35 victory over the 28th Communications Squadron in intramural basketball National League action at the Bellamy Fitness Center. Nightingale’s scoring spree was almost enough in

  • Security forces transformation: more than meets the eye

    As the Air Force continues to adapt for the future, changes to the security forces career field will affect the total force. Brig. Gen. Robert Holmes, director of security forces and force protection, calls these transformations a “refocus” on how his people train and fight. “We’re not in the Cold

  • ORE: practice makes perfect

    Ellsworth will begin its second Phase II Operational Readiness Exercise Monday in preparation for July’s Operational Readiness Inspection. Phase II of an ORE is a deployment exercise that takes place in a simulated forward-operating location. There, the practicing team exercises day 30 of a