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  • Honor them: Ellsworth hosts POW/MIA 24 hour run

    Ellsworth Airmen and their families gathered at the Pride Hangar for the base’s second annual 24-hour Prisoner of War/Missing in Action run Dec. 6 to 7.With the help of more than 280 volunteers from 12 different organizations across the base, 1st Lt. Amela Sanders, a deputy flight chief assigned to

  • Four Ellsworth Airmen reach highest enlisted rank

    Wing leadership and chief master sergeants from Ellsworth went around base to congratulate the 28th Bomb Wing’s newest chief master sergeant selects.Ellsworth’s newest chief selects are:Chief Master Sgt. (s) Lucas Beaulieu – 28th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronChief Master Sgt. (s) Anthony Floyd –

  • O’ Christmas Tree: Trees for Troops sparks holiday magic at Ellsworth

    Ellsworth families received a special holiday delivery of 175 real Christmas trees from the Trees for Troops program, Dec. 2.The annual program, which is celebrating its 12th year this holiday, began when Christmas tree growers across America wanted to give back to members of the U.S. armed forces -

  • Tree lighting helps brighten holiday season

    The Freedom Chapel Christmas tree illuminates the night at Ellsworth Air Force Base S.D., Dec. 1, 2016. The lights were switched on by children of deployed Airmen during the 28th Bomb Wing tree lighting ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James L. Miller)

  • Ellsworth congratulates 81 CCAF graduates

    Congratulations to the 2016 Fall Semester Community College of the Air Force graduates:A1C CHARLES, DANIEL B 28 Aircraft Maintenance Sq.A1C MCHARGUE, COLE N 28 Maintenance Sq.A1C NIGRA, DOMINICK J 28 Logistics Readiness Sq.A1C OWEN, JENNIFER M 28 Contracting Sq.A1C RUIZ, GABRIEL J 28

  • Despite winter weather, Airmen honor veteran

    Airmen from the Ellsworth Air Force Base Honor Guard conduct a burial ceremony for a veteran during a winter storm at the Black Hills National Cemetery in Sturgis, S.D., Nov. 29, 2016. The primary mission of the honor guard is to provide full military funeral honors to our veterans, retirees and

  • AFSA Chap. 951 donates $2k, contributes to CFC

    Tech Sgt. Jessica Young, non-commissioned officer in-charge of unaccompanied housing assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, and Kevin Ott, special events coordinator, present Col. Gentry Boswell, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, inside his office at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., with a

  • Deployed Ellsworth Airman receives call from POTUS

    Sitting at a desk in Afghanistan, a young Airman awaits a call from the most powerful man in the free world.Airman 1st Class Steven McRavin, 738th Air Expeditionary Advisory Group guardian angel, was chosen to receive a phone call from President Barack Obama on Thanksgiving. “He thanked me for being

  • Team effort brings Pride Hangar renovations to completion

    The 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, 28th Contracting Squadron and the 28th Force Support Squadron, are providing Ellsworth Airmen an early gift this holiday season in the form of a new sports field inside the Pride Hangar.With approval from Col. Gentry Boswell, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, the