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  • Bad to the Bone: drug interdiction from 30,000 feet

    Total Force Integrated Airmen from the 489th Bomb Group and 7th Bomb Wing used the B-1 Lancer to track illicit drug traffickers, or “smugglers,” from South America to the U.S. out of Boca Chica Naval Air Station, Key West, Fla. March 20 - 24.The B-1 or “Bone” assisted the Joint Interagency Task

  • EOD trains to maintain readiness

    Airmen with the 5th Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal completed a reconnaissance training mission at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., March 28, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photos/Airman 1st Class Alyssa M. Akers)

  • Convoy of Hope: Humanitarian Relief

    The Airmen of the 509th Logistics Readiness Squadron (LRS) are prepared to execute strategic deterrence, global strike and combat support … anytime, anywhere. However, the LRS Airmen also get the privilege to help execute humanitarian relief efforts whenever called upon. In March 2017, the Airmen of

  • USSTRATCOM senior enlisted leader visits HQ 8 AF

    Chief Master Sgt. Patrick McMahon, U.S. Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM) senior enlisted leader, speaks with Headquarters Eighth Air Force Airmen during a noncommissioned and senior noncommissioned officer all-call at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., April 3, 2017. During the question and answer

  • Commentary: The Greatest Generation

    When I arrived bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to my first duty station Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota as a photojournalist in the world’s greatest Air Force, I was eager to tell peoples’ stories. While tackling what I believed to be one of my first real, in-depth features, I was told by my

  • Raiders in the Pacific, a deeper look

    The 34th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron recently returned from a six-month deployment to Guam supporting the U.S. Pacific Command’s Continuous Bomber Presence mission.

  • Rapid City leader garners AF Distinguished Public Service Award

    A longtime friend of Ellsworth and champion for our nation’s military has received the highest award given to non-Department of Defense civilians.Alton “Al” Cornella, a civic leader and retired local business owner, received the Air Force Distinguished Public Service Award for advocating for the Air