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  • 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

  • AFGSC kicks off 1st Women’s Leadership Symposium

    Air Force Global Strike Command welcomed more than 250 men and women to the 2017 Women’s Leadership Symposium March 13-15 at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The symposium provided female Airmen professional development through mentorship, education and networking. The attendees discussed ways

  • 5th Bomb Wing Members Deploy in support of Operation Inherent Resolve

    More than 400 Airmen from the 5th Bomb Wing recently deployed to the Middle East, in support of U.S. Central Command’s Operation Inherent Resolve. The 23rd Bomb Squadron sent a number of B-52H Stratofortresses to take over day-to-day operations, which will be the first time in 12 years aircraft from

  • 8th Air Force command chief visits Ellsworth

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Alan Boling, command chief for the 8th Air Force, visited Ellsworth March 7 to 9 to meet the Airmen and witness the 28th Bomb Wing execute its mission.