Sept. 25, 2020 B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification is complete An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on 60 B-1B Lancers was completed in September 2020, ahead of schedule, with Ellsworth Air Force Base receiving its first upgraded B-1 in 2016.
Sept. 24, 2020 B-1B Integrated Battle Station modification completed An eight-year project to install the Integrated Battle Station on the B-1B Lancer fleet has been completed ahead of schedule. Sixty aircraft went through the modification process that began in late 2012 and was completed in September 2020.The Integrated Battle Station was developed as three separate
Sept. 16, 2020 Department of the Air Force pushes fitness testing to Jan. 1 Official physical fitness assessments across the Department of the Air Force will resume Jan. 1, 2021, officials announced Sept. 16.
Sept. 11, 2020 B-1s Train with JASDF, return to Andersen Air Force Base for BTF deployment Four Air Force B-1B Lancers returned to Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for Bomber Task Force (BTF) operations, September 10, 2020.
Sept. 8, 2020 AFSVC launches pilot program for online food ordering at NAF operations As part of the Air Force Services Center’s enterprise-wide E-commerce initiative, the Nonappropriated Fund Food and Beverage Branch is launching a pilot program bringing online food ordering and pick-up to NAF food operations. Air Force Global Strike Command installations are the first onboard to
Sept. 3, 2020 Increasing interoperability: B-2s, B-1s join US Marine Corps, Australian Defence Forces in combined exercise B-2 Spirits and B-1 Lancers participated in a combined United States-Australia exercise in Australia’s Northern Territory by providing long-distance air strikes as part of a combined task force with the Marine Rotational Force-Darwin and Australian Defence Forces (ADF) in August.
Aug. 20, 2020 Back2School Brigade prepares families for upcoming school year The 28th Force Support Squadron hosted the Back2School Brigade to prepare families for the upcoming school year with basic supplies and necessities at Ellsworth AFB Aug. 15.
Aug. 12, 2020 Base school liaison officer provides info, resources for 2020 school year The 2020 school year is fast approaching and Ellsworth parents have a myriad of questions. We recently sat down with Fran Apland, Ellsworth AFB Child and Youth Education Services School Liaison, to get the latest information and details for the upcoming school year.
Aug. 10, 2020 100% Munitions Inventory The 28th Munitions Squadron will conduct a 100 percent inventory 8-11 September 2020, in accordance with Air Force Manual 21-201, Munitions Management.
Aug. 6, 2020 Ellsworth supports Charleston C-17s during hurricane Ellsworth was the temporary home for 11 C-17 Globemaster IIIs assigned to the 437th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, Aug. 1-4, that were evacuated in response to Hurricane Isaias.