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  • Spouses cover distance between them, deployed Airmen

    Over the past six months, spouses of deployed 28th Bomb Wing personnel walked, ran, biked and swam the distance from Rapid City to the location of their Airmen in Southwest Asia.The spouses accumulated 7,500 miles in what is known as "Tiger Tracking," a long-term event hosted by the 28th Aircraft

  • 8th AF commander visits with bomber Airmen at Ellsworth

    The commander of the Mighty Eighth visited Ellsworth AFB Jan. 18-20 and met with bomber Airmen to not only learn more about the base's mission, but commend them for all they have done at home station and while deployed.During his visit, Maj. Gen. Richard Clark, Eighth Air Force commander, toured

  • Get up and go with VA MOVE!

    With the start of 2016, the Health Promotion Office and the Bellamy Fitness Center are offering various opportunities to create healthy habits for the rest of the year.One of these is the "Veterans Affairs MOVE!" program, a Department of Defense approved program utilized by several bases around the

  • 28th MDG recognizes upcoming BSC Week

    The Air Force recognizes the achievements of the men and women who comprise the Biomedical Sciences Corps by designating Jan. 25 through 29, 2016 as BSC Appreciation Week.The BSC's roots date back to 1917 when the Sanitary Corps was established to combat infectious diseases. The Army Medical

  • Ellsworth first CONUS base to establish indoor MWD facility

    Ellsworth became the first Air Force base in the continental United States to have an indoor training facility for its four-legged defenders when it became operational Oct. 24, 2015.The new facility, located in Dock 32, provides an array of features and amenities for 28th Security Forces Squadron

  • OSI eulogizes fallen heroes from its 'darkest day'

    More than 650 people overflowed the U.S. Marine Memorial Chapel here Jan. 7 to mourn the loss and remember the lives of the six Airmen killed by a suicide bomber near Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan, Dec. 21.The four Air Force Office of Special Investigations special agents and two security forces

  • Youth Center uses robots to encourage STEM interest

    The Youth Center introduced children enrolled in their programs to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics with a robotics and coding demonstration Dec. 21, 2015.The event gave Ellsworth youth a visual representation of what robotics is in hopes of furthering their interest in other STEM