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  • 28th SFS earns MAJCOM award

    Air Combat Command officials recently named the 28th Security Forces Squadron as the 2010 Air Combat Command Outstanding Medium-sized Security Forces Squadron of the Year due to its numerous accomplishments, both at home and abroad.The 28th SFS will receive the award during an awards banquet at the

  • Wing commander tests B-1B simulator upgrade

    28th Bomb Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey Taliaferro visited Ellsworth's B-1B Lancer simulators to evaluate upgrades made to weapon and visual system trainers, April 15.Modifications began mid-January 2011 to upgrade visual and sensor databases, as well as the projectors and display screens of the

  • ACC command chief visits Ellsworth

    In order to better understand and communicate the needs of enlisted Airmen, Chief Master Sgt. Martin Klukas, the command chief of Air Combat Command, visited Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., April 13 through 16.During his visit he toured various base facilities and met Airmen from units and

  • 34th Bomb Squadron departs for Green Flag

    More than one hundred Airmen from the 34th Bomb Squadron and 28th Operations Support Squadron are scheduled to depart Ellsworth, April 14, for the Green Flag West 11-06 exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 15 to 29.Lt. Col. John Martin, 34th Bomb Squadron commander, said the Green Flag

  • Kids, spouses and teachers experience deployment

    As a way of helping children, spouses and teachers of military families to gain a better understanding of the deployment process, Ellsworth Air Force Base hosted a special event in the PRIDE Hangar, April 9.The event, called KUDOS, SUDOS and TUDOS - kids, spouses and teachers understanding

  • Transfer of Centennial Housing on track, infrastructure changes delayed

    While the transfer of units in Centennial Housing to Hunt Building Corporation will occur as scheduled, the infrastructure changes will be delayed until spring 2012. The delay stems from the time needed to move the boundary fence that will separate base housing from privatized housing, and for the

  • Ellsworth Warriors return from Operation Odyssey Dawn

    B-1B Lancer crews returned to Ellsworth Wednesday, following combat strikes in Libya in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn.Airmen from across the base joined together to celebrate the successful mission and safe return during an event on the flightline. This marked the first time B-1s were launched

  • "Into the wild blue yonder"

    As a B-1B Lancer rolled to a stop on the flightline, Col. William Eldridge climbed down the ladder for the last time as commander of the 28th Operations Group, April 5.He was welcomed by the cheers and applause of a crowd that had gathered around the aircraft for his end of tour flight."I have mixed

  • 28th AMXS secretary launches B-1

    Instead of coming to work, answering phones and working on performance reports, Breein Balistreri, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron commander's secretary, suited up in coveralls and headed to the flightline, April 5.Thanks to the Airmen of the 28th AMXS, Mrs. Balistreri was able to live out her