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“Dirt Boyz” fight frozen flurries
Every year, the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron activates a team from within their own unit to remove the icy powder that blankets Ellsworth and threatens the B-1 bomber mission.“We’re 24-hour ops,” said Senior Airman Nicholas Murtagh, a heavy equiptment operator assigned to the 28th Civil Engineer Squadron. “So when it snows, we’re always going to be
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1/27
2017
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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. 10, 2017. Along with troops from across the DoD,
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1/23
2017
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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. “It went really smooth,” said Staff Sgt. Joshua Stage, the
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1/18
2017
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Ellsworth B-1 team wins LeMay Award
The desert sun is sleeping, and the cool, night sky is empty above Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar, on Dec. 19, 2015. A B-1 bomber aircrew from the 37th Bomb Squadron from Ellsworth is carrying out their final preparations for a bombing operation. The mission: destroy oil fields that are supporting Al-Raqqa, the sixth largest city in Syria and headquarters for the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant.
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10/14
2016
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Ellsworth launches for large force exercise in PRTC
B-1 bombers launched from the flightline to participate in a quarterly Large Force Exercise in the Powder River Training Complex March 30-31, 2016.
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4/07
2016
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