Rapid City leader garners AF Distinguished Public Service Award

A longtime friend of Ellsworth and champion for our nation’s military has received the highest award given to non-Department of Defense civilians.Alton “Al” Cornella, a civic leader and retired local business owner, received the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award for advocating for the Air

CDC educator wins national-level award

A teacher from the Child Development Center at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., won the 2017 Terry Lynn Lokoff Award, a national-level award promoting young educators’ projects to improve teaching environments for children.   “Terry Lynn Lokoff was a caregiver years ago,” said Heidi Sowers, the award

8 AF celebrates 75 years

Ellsworth AFB hosts retreat in honor of Veterans Day

Members from the 28th Munitions Squadron render a salute during a retreat ceremony at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., on Nov. 10, 2016. The ceremony was performed in commemoration of Veterans Day, which has been a National Holiday every eleventh day of the eleventh month since President Dwight. D.