19 Jul 2016

EA-18G Growlers soar in PRTC while training at Ellsworth

This summer, U.S. Navy EA-18G Growlers joined B-1 bombers in the skies around Ellsworth Air Force Base for electronic attack training in June, and now again July 11 through 22, 2016. This marked the first time the Navy’s Electronic Attack Squadron 129, stationed at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Washington, traveled to Ellsworth to conduct training in its local airspace.

31 May 2016

Crew chief scores AF “hat trick” by launching every type of bomber into combat

A B-52 Stratofortress here thundered down the runway April 14 pulled by eight Pratt and Whitney TF33-P-3/103 turbofan engines, each propelling the Air Force’s largest bomber aircraft forward at ­­­­650 miles per hour.  As the B-52 reached the end of the runway, it rose and slowly disappeared into the clouds, affording one crew chief standing on the