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new handheld equipment for scanning ID cards at the installation gates, starting Feb. 14, as part of the test for a newer version of the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS.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

Airman saves lives, receives medal

Senior Airman Zachary Yoakam, 28th Operations Support Squadron survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor, received an Air Force Achievement Medal, Feb. 15, for actions that helped save the lives of six teenagers Dec. 6, 2010.Airman Yoakam was attending SERE upgrade medical training in

Ellsworth hosts National Prayer Luncheon

34th BS returns from Red Flag

More than 136 Airmen from the 34th Bomb Squadron recently returned from an exercise designed to test their ability to operate and survive in a wartime environment, Feb. 6.The exercise, designated Red Flag 11-2, was a live combat simulation that took place at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev."The exercise