ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, July 19 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Tech. Sgt. Robert M. Trujillo, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the average time an employee stays with the same company is 4.1 years, but a member of the 28th Maintenance Group's Additive Manufacturing Flight has far exceeded that statistic. Dr. Brian James, AMF director and chief engineer, recently celebrated his ruby a  more

ELLSWORTH AFB, South Dakota, July 17 -- The U.S. Air Force Ellsworth Air Force Base (28th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: By Staff Sgt. Jake Jacobsen, 28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs The 28th Bomb Wing successfully completed the Air Force Global Strike Command's second ever Combat Ammunition Production Exercise (CAPEX) July 8-12, 2024, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. Following last year's success at the 2023 Air Force Global Strike Challenge, where the 28th Munitions Squadron c  more

WASHINGTON, July 18 -- The U.S. Department of Defense's Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency issued the following news release: The Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency (DPAA) announced today that U.S. Army Corporal Robert A. Bartlett, 22, of Pierre, South Dakota, killed during World War II, was accounted for May 20, 2024. In July 1944, Bartlett was assigned to Company A, 744th Tank Battalion, as a crew member of an M5A1 Stuart light tank. His unit was engaged in battle with German forces at Saint-G  more