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  • Changing the brakes

    It can generate more than 30,000 pounds of thrust, per engine, and reach speeds greater than 900 miles per hour, but can it stop safely after reaching such speeds?Thanks to an ongoing brake modification of the B-1B Lancer, the aircraft has a new, more effective means of coming to a stop.The

  • Results of recent courts held on base revealed to public

    The 28th Bomb Wing Judge Advocate released the verdicts for several Airmen who underwent courts martial proceedings, Feb. 17-24. Airman 1st Class Timothy Helms, 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, pled not guilty to use of cocaine and heroin, Feb. 17. A panel of officers found him guilty of both

  • New NCOs graduate from Academy

    Twelve Ellsworth Airmen were among the class of 123 which graduated from Vossler's Noncommissioned Officer Academy at Peterson Air Force Base, Colo., Feb. 17.The NCOA class 11-2 graduates from Ellsworth are:Tech. Sgt. Raymond Carpenter Distinguished Graduate28th Logistics Readiness SquadronTech.

  • AFCEE looks to improve Ellsworth

    A field team from the Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment arrived on base Feb. 14, to review current working conditions and facilities used by aircraft maintainers.The team, which consists of seven military and civilian experts based out of Dyess and Lackland Air Force Bases, Texas

  • Excellence: "just beyond our grasp"

    With the striking of chimes, six Airmen were welcomed into an organization comprised of the top 1 percent of enlisted Airmen in the U.S. Air Force, during a ceremony at Dakota's Club, Feb. 17.The following Airmen, all selected as chief master sergeants, were included in the Ellsworth chief's group,

  • A MUSTT for all Airmen

    Ellsworth Airmen have been given a unique opportunity to enhance motorcycle safety messages and training through a new program called MUSTT.MUSTT, or Motorcycle Unit Safety Tracking Tool, is an automated safety system designed to track the demographics of all motorcycle riders in the Air Force. The

  • Developing tomorrow's leaders

    Fourteen students participating in the Junior Leadership Rapid City program sponsored by the Rapid City Chamber of Commerce, visited Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Feb. 17 to gain a better understanding of the base's mission.Junior LRC is a five-week leadership course for high school sophomores,

  • Children learn science, Air Force history

    Students had the opportunity to learn scientific principles through hands-on experiments while learning about Air Force history as part of the STARBASE program conducted at the South Dakota Air and Space Museum, Feb. 11.Students from the Kadoka school district travelled more than 100 miles to visit

  • Ellsworth leaders graduate

    The following Airmen graduated from Airman Leadership School, Feb. 10.28th Medical Operations SquadronSenior Airman Andrea Whiting, John L. Levitow Award28th Munitions SquadronSenior Airman Cody Goetz, Distinguished Graduate and Academic Achievement Award28th Maintenance Operations SquadronSenior

  • Ellsworth installs biometric system

    The 28th Security Forces Squadron will begin utilizing new handheld equipment for scanning ID cards at the installation gates, starting Feb. 14, as part of the test for a newer version of the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. Ellsworth Air Force Base is one of two military