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  • Ellsworth launches to Red Flag 17-1

    The 37th Bomb Squadron launched five jets from here Jan. 20, 2017, to take part in Red Flag 17-1 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. Aircrews and pilots from across the world will be working together in the joint exercise, testing their ability in air-to-air and air-to-ground combat from Jan. 23 to Feb.

  • 28th LRS: B-1 bridge to Red Flag 17-1

    Airmen from the 28th Logistic Readiness Squadron and the 28th LRS Travel Management Office have begun operations for Red Flag Exercise 17-1.  In just two days, these Airmen loaded approximately 321k pounds of equipment onto 17 trucks destined for the desert of Nevada Jan. 16 and 17, 2017. “It went

  • Master Sgt. Scott W. Scovell memorial

    Master Sgt. Kenneth McKenna, the chief inspector of quality assurance assigned to the 352nd Special Operations Maintenance Group at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England and a friend of Master Sgt. Scott W. Scovell, speaks at Scovell’s memorial service inside the Freedom Chapel at Ellsworth Air Force

  • Ellsworth commissary labels nutrition

    The commissary participated in a Defense Commissary Agency-wide Nutrition Guide Program by labeling certain foods throughout the store Jan. 2 to 5, 2017. The program, designed to help customers spot healthy products faster, marks products that are low sodium, no-added sugar, high fiber, whole grain

  • Ellsworth chapels provide holiday services

    The chaplains will be conducting services for both the Protestant and Catholic faith communities during the holiday season.The Protestant candlelight and communion service is scheduled for 5:30 p.m. at the Freedom Chapel on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2016. There will be no Protestant service on

  • 10 years later: Angel Tree still giving

    For the last 10 years, volunteers from the 28th Operations Group have worked with Santa and Mrs. Clause to deliver gifts during the holiday season to children in the Youth & Family Services program in Rapid City, S.D.This year, Airmen and volunteers from the local U.S. Postal Service delivered more

  • Honor them: Ellsworth hosts POW/MIA 24 hour run

    Ellsworth Airmen and their families gathered at the Pride Hangar for the base’s second annual 24-hour Prisoner of War/Missing in Action run Dec. 6 to 7.With the help of more than 280 volunteers from 12 different organizations across the base, 1st Lt. Amela Sanders, a deputy flight chief assigned to

  • Four Ellsworth Airmen reach highest enlisted rank

    Wing leadership and chief master sergeants from Ellsworth went around base to congratulate the 28th Bomb Wing’s newest chief master sergeant selects.Ellsworth’s newest chief selects are:Chief Master Sgt. (s) Lucas Beaulieu – 28th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronChief Master Sgt. (s) Anthony Floyd –

  • O’ Christmas Tree: Trees for Troops sparks holiday magic at Ellsworth

    Ellsworth families received a special holiday delivery of 175 real Christmas trees from the Trees for Troops program, Dec. 2.The annual program, which is celebrating its 12th year this holiday, began when Christmas tree growers across America wanted to give back to members of the U.S. armed forces -

  • 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.