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  • Ellsworth conducts active shooter exercise

    Ellsworth Air Force Base conducted an active shooter exercise Feb. 22. The exercise inspected nearly 20 different locations on base, testing each individual’s ability to respond to an active shooter situation within their building. “We were evaluating the base’s ability to react to an active shooter

  • From Germany with love: Raiders give helping hand to local family

    It was a cold Saturday in February, with steam coming from the mouths of the Raiders shuffling boxes around into the truck. Clint Simmons, a four-time cancer survivor, was ecstatic to have 27 Airmen from Ellsworth Air Force Base help him and his family with their last-minute move to Florida. Clint

  • Ellsworth’s ALS team introduces spouse’s orientation program

    The Airman Leadership School on Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., introduced a new spouse’s orientation program at the Samuel O. Turner building Jan. 12, 2018. The purpose of the course is to inform spouses on the part they play in the success of an ALS student, as well as teach customs and

  • Base to conduct exercise Feb. 22

    The base is scheduled to conduct an active shooter exercise Feb. 22, which is intended to evaluate the ability of the 28th Bomb Wing to react, respond to and mitigate an active shooter incident.

  • Air Force releases plans for bomber fleet

    Ellsworth Air Force Base will continue to provide strategic bomber support as the Air Force released its plan for the bomber fleet in its Fiscal Year 2019 President’s Budget Request Feb. 12, 2019.

  • Continuing your (military) education

    "You don't become a champion on the field," said Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright, the Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, in response to a question about morale at the Air Force Association's Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla., March 2, 2017. "You become a champion in practice."

  • Ellsworth Airmen return home from six-month deployment

    Ellsworth friends and families welcomed home approximately 350 Airmen on Jan. 29, 2018, after a six-month deployment to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in support of U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission.

  • Take command: Urgent care now easier to access

    As of Jan. 1, 2018, most TRICARE Prime enrollees no longer need a referral for urgent care visits and point-of-service charges no longer apply for urgent care claims. This change replaces the previous policy, which waived referrals for the first two urgent care visits per year.