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  • Tire shop helps the mission

    On average, members of the 341st Missile Wing have driven more than 2 million miles this year. “It is very important to keep up with the tires on vehicles,” said Staff Sgt. Benjamin Fisher, 341st Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance journeyman. At the base tire shop, where government

  • AF officer strives to make local community a better place

    Some Airmen only wear one suit -- they have one job and are comfortable doing it their entire careers.1st Lt. Anthony Perkins, a 490th Missile Squadron intercontinental ballistic missile combat crew commander, however, wears three different suits.By day, he wears his U.S. Air Force flight suit as an

  • Training the best, preventing the worst

    Editor’s note: This is the last in a series of four articles on the Security Forces Squadron mission here at Ellsworth.ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Sweat beads off his forehead as bullets whiz by to his left, and then right. A lone gunman approaches his position at the base entrance. The

  • Civilian teammate provides outstanding customer service

    For John Dresel, 341st Medical Operations Squadron optometry technician, Malmstrom Air Force Base has always been considered home.“Great Falls is my hometown,” said Dresel. “I was also stationed here twice during my time in service.”Dresel retired at the rank of master sergeant as an independent

  • Combat Raider keeps joint-force proficient, ready for battle

    A young pilot dangles dangerously far from the grassy South Dakota tundra, held on by nothing more than a strap, a cable and a medic from the South Dakota National Guard.  As the Soldier and Airmen are hoisted up toward the HH-60 Pave Hawk medical helicopter, fake blood runs down the captain’s face.

  • Tankers participate in joint exercise Combat Raider

    ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. -- A young pilot dangles dangerously far from the grassy South Dakota tundra, held on by nothing more than a strap, a cable and a medic from the South Dakota National Guard.  As the Soldier and Airman are hoisted up toward the HH-60 Pave Hawk medical helicopter, fake

  • Alert eyes watching the skies

    ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Whether it’s an exercise, training, show-of-force or kinetic operations: aircraft need open skies and safe runways to operate. This wouldn’t be possible without the efforts of air traffic controllers, who provide pilots with all the information they need and ensure

  • Meet the new helicopter squadron commander

    After moving around from state to state as a child, living in Indonesia for eight years and being stationed at Minot Air Force Base, Wyoming, Lt. Col. Joshua Hampton is now calling Malmstrom his home.Hampton took command of the 40th Helicopter Squadron June 24, and since then he has fit in quite

  • Keeping Airmen combat-ready

    Taking care of Airmen and families is one of the top priorities throughout the 341st Missile Wing. It is of the utmost importance to take care of the team, as without functional, able-bodied Airmen, the nuclear deterrence mission here could not be accomplished. One Airman in particular, Senior