Ellsworth emphasizes readiness, executes Combat Ammunition Production Exercise
U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Logan Schafer, 28th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance supervisor, guides a GBU-31 munition down a conveyer belt during a Combat Ammunition Production Exercise at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 9, 2024. CAPEX is a non-aircraft, mass, live-munitions production exercise in support of air tasking orders, which provides an opportunity to evaluate munitions combat readiness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jake Jacobsen)