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  • 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

  • Ellsworth hosts first Powder River Council meeting

    Ellsworth hosted the first Powder River Council meeting to address several aspects of the Powder River Training Complex, Nov. 16, 2016.  More than 30 individuals attended the meeting, representing the Federal Aviation Administration, airports, military bases, and various aviation organizations from

  • Joint training exercise focuses on personnel recovery during Combat Raider

    As Combat Raider continues, participants conducted personnel recovery training Nov. 16, 2016, just north of Belle Fourche, SD., in the Powder River Training Complex. The event started with a show-of-force by two B-1 Bombers from Ellsworth Air Force Base guided by joint tactical controllers from the

  • CSAF announces CMSAF #18

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein named Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth O. Wright to serve as the 18th Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Nov. 16, 2016.

  • Pull the pin… see smoke in the wind

    Master Sgt. Carlos Sanchez, explosive ordnance disposal section chief assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron, oversees a controlled explosion training exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., Nov. 14, 2016. EOD conducts training to maintain readiness for expeditionary missions. (U.S. Air

  • Sixteen area leaders selected for Ellsworth community engagement program

    Sixteen area business and civic leaders were inducted into the 28th Bomb Wing Honorary Commanders program during a special event at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum Nov. 10. The program, intended to develop mutually beneficial partnerships with community leaders to foster a better understanding

  • Rapid City Rush hosts 9th Annual Military Appreciation Night

    Col. Bradley Cochran, vice commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, center, performs a puck drop ceremony at a Rapid City Rush hockey game at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, S.D., Nov. 12, 2016. The ceremonial puck drop was part of the team’s ninth annual Military Appreciation Night, where