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  • Ellsworth provides helping hand during Day of Caring

    Ellsworth Airmen have long enjoyed a tremendous relationship with our neighbors in the Black Hills region. Recently, many of Ellsworth's Airmen joined forces with other volunteers across the region to work together on projects that lend a hand to those in need throughout the community.This was the

  • Airmen march to remember 9/11

    While most Americans commemorate the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on 9/11 by observing a moment of silence, whispering a prayer for those who lost a loved one, or spending quality time with their family, others choose to remember that fateful day a little differently. More than 150 Ellsworth

  • ACC command chief visits Ellsworth

    Ellsworth Airmen welcomed a visit from Chief Master Sgt. Richard Parsons, Air Combat Command command chief, Aug. 27 to 29. As the senior enlisted advisor to Gen. Mike Hostage, ACC commander, and the enlisted personnel assigned to the various bases in the major command, Parsons makes it a point to

  • Memorial for fallen Defender unveiled

    A flight of 28th Security Forces Squadron Defenders stood stoically at attention - awaiting orders from their flight chief. A mere 10 feet from the group stood a cloth-covered memorial and a framed American flag - featuring a photo of Airman 1st Class Leasha Jill Bjork-Hardesty, one of their fallen

  • Ellsworth Defenders train to protect

    Defenders from the 28th Security Forces Squadron participated in a new active shooter training course in a Combat Arms shoot house at Ellsworth, Aug. 24, as a way of honing the skills necessary to protect the 28th Bomb Wing's most valuable resource -its Airmen.The course focused on preparing

  • Base switchboard operation to consolidate Sept. 7

    Incoming phone calls to Ellsworth will soon be processed by a regional switchboard as part of an initiative by Air Combat Command to conserve the resources required to operate individual switchboards at Air Force bases across the country. Beginning Sept. 7, operators at Travis Air Force Base,

  • Ellsworth provides Airmen, families with financial education

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted a "Credit When Credit is Due" course in the AFRC classroom, Aug. 22, as part of an ongoing effort to help Airmen manage their personal finances more effectively. Laurie Adkins, AFRC community readiness consultant, said the course was designed to help

  • Base picnic kicks off weekend

    Airmen and their families enjoyed a day of fun and fellowship at the base picnic hosted by the 28th Force Support Squadron, Aug. 17.The event featured a variety of sports tournaments outside the Bellamy Fitness Center, a multicultural awareness association diversity celebration, activities for all

  • Retired lieutenant colonel honored at Sturgis Rally

    Serving in three consecutive wars and garnering multiple medals would be reason enough to recognize a military veteran.Retired Lt. Col. Donald Smith has done that, and more. Smith made it through 34 B-17 combat missions during World War II without so much as a scratch.Friends, family and other

  • 2012 Dakota Thunder Run

    A grey-haired man walks by and adjusts his leather vest bearing various Vietnam veteran and Prisoner of War-Missing in Action patches. A young woman dons her riding helmet before mounting her motorcycle adorned with a miniature American flag. All the while, three B-1 bombers stand watch in the