Crew chief, shoots for All-Air Force Men's Basketball team

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – An Ellsworth Airman was recently selected to attend the All-Air Force Men's Basketball team trials for the first time since 2005.Staff Sgt. Rawlinson Santaella, a crew chief assigned to the 28th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is competing against 29 other Airmen for

77th, 340th Weapons Schools integrate combat skillsets

From 28,000 feet above the Gulf of Mexico, B-52 Stratofortress pilots Capt. Lance Adsit and Lt. Col. Erik Johnson look out their cockpit window to see a fellow bomber aircraft soaring through the clouds to their right; two B-1 Lancers share the airspace far to the south.

Fallen OSI Airman’s life honored with building dedication, memorial pillar

Family, friends and leaders of the Ellsworth and Rapid City communities came together to honor the life of a fallen Airman with a building dedication Oct. 21.The ceremony, held in honor of Special Agent Peter Taub, took place in front of the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Detachment 816

Non-Destructive Inspection: Seeing Through the B-52

U.S. Strategic Command’s Exercise Global Thunder set to begin

Exercise Global Thunder

CRF enhances driving capabilities

Members from the Vehicle Dynamics Institute visited Malmstrom to train convoy response force Airmen on driving maneuverability exercises Oct. 10-21.Airmen were able to enhance their driving capabilities of a Ballistic Armored Response Counter Attack Truck, otherwise known as a BEARCAT, a nearly

Minot Airman selected for USAF Honor Guard

Rigidly standing shoulder to shoulder, a colors team of four ceremonial guardsmen from Minot Air Force Base stand in full service dress at the North Dakota State Fairgrounds great hall, one Airman in particular stood anxiously as the lead rifle for the first time in her career. Recently selected to

Team Minot validates deterrent capability

The 741st Missile Squadron recently performed a successful simulated launch of six Minuteman III Missiles. Air Force Global Strike Command typically conducts Simulated Electronic Launch – Minuteman tests twice a year to evaluate the readiness of the deployed intercontinental ballistic missile force.

Operations on Korean Peninsula nothing new for B-1

While the world was abuzz touting the recent landing of a B-1 bomber on the Korean Peninsula as the first such appearance by the highly versatile, long-range conventional bomber in that region in the last 20 years, those who fly the aircraft state that is not completely accurate.

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