Sept. 13, 2024 Air Force announces second and third B-21 Raider bases The SECAF has approved the 2nd & 3rd basing locations for the B-21 Raider, the Air Force’s newest bomber. Those bases are Whiteman AFB, Mo., & Dyess AFB, Texas, in that order. Ellsworth AFB, S.D., was previously selected as the 1st base to receive the B-21.
March 1, 2024 BTF 24-2 bombers return home after Global Guardian U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth AFB, S.D., conducted a cross-combatant command mission from their deployed location at Luleå-Kallax Air Base, Sweden, in support of Global Guardian, Feb. 29, 2024.
March 27, 2023 Raiders at Red Flag 23-2 The 37th Bomb Squadron from Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota, participated in Red Flag 23-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, on March 12th-24th, 2023.
Sept. 13, 2022 B-1B Lancers U.S. Navy Live-Fire Mine Exercise The U.S. Air Force 28th Bomb Wing rapidly deployed naval mines during a live-fire naval mine exercise (MineX) Aug. 24, 2022.
May 12, 2020 Ellsworth B-1s return to European Theater as part of latest BTF mission B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth conducted a second long-range strategic Bomber Task Force mission in the European theater that included key interactions with U.S. assets as well as Danish and Polish forces May 11, 2020.
June 4, 2019 Two Ellsworth squadrons recognized as the ‘best’ Two squadrons at Ellsworth Air Force Base won awards naming them the best squadrons of their kind for U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command in 2018.
Aug. 9, 2017 Ellsworth AFB Airmen train with foreign allies Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Bombers, under the command of the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, joined their counterparts from South Korean and Japanese air forces in sequenced bilateral missions, Aug. 7, 2017.