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Combat training program prepares pilots, crews for real deal SIANDHARA BONNET, Rapid City Journal July 25, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AP) — Capt. Matt Cale watched F-16 flyovers growing up in Arizona, which changed his dream of wanting to be a race car driver to being a pilot. In January 2019, he was assigned to Ellsworth Air Force Base as a B-1B Lancer pilot, his top choice for planes. “I get giddy a lot of times when I get to go fly,” Cale said during las...

July 21, 2021 ELLSWORTH AFB, S.D. — The prepping began over a year ago for Ellsworth Air Force Base to play home base to visiting aircrews during Combat Raider. Fighters from Goldsboro, North Carolina and Sioux Falls, South Dakota launching from Ellsworth with tankers and the familiar B-1B bombers. The large-scale exercise also brings in other fighter, surveillance, and reconnaissance platforms to the Powder River Training Complex, the military operations area, or MOA, over the Dakotas, Monta...

KNBN NewsCenter1 July 20, 2021 ELLSWORTH AFB, S.D. — You may have already heard the roar over Rapid City Tuesday morning – the sound of our military taking flight on day one of Combat Raider. The increased jet activity, proceeding as expected, as Ellsworth conduct’s it’s annual exercise. Pilots are here from across the United States to put their skills to the test. Ellsworth B-1B bombers, of course, taking part along with F-15E Strike Eagles, F-16 Fighting Falcons, KC-135 Stratotankers,...

Training exercise at Ellsworth AFB brings mission into focus pilots, crews say by   A pilot from the 34th Bomb Squadron boards a B1-B Lancer as part of exercise Combat Raider 21 at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., July 20, 2021. Combat Raider is designed to train personnel on five real world mission objectives, such as counter-air, strategic strikes, strike coordination and reconnaissance, close air support and personnel recovery. (Quentin K. Marx/U.S. Air Force) (Tribune News Service) — ...

  Winning the Long Game By Sen. John Thune In the era of the 24-hour news cycle and instant gratification, it’s important to remember that some good things still take time. On June 9, South Dakota scored a historic, once-in-a-generation win when the U.S. Air Force signed a record of decision to formally designate Ellsworth…

  Thune Statement on Official B-21 Announcement for Ellsworth Air Force Base “South Dakotans know what an asset Ellsworth Air Force Base is to our state and our country, and today, we’re incredibly proud of this historic, once-in-a-generation opportunity to host the B-21 bombers.”  WASHINGTON— U.S. Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) issued the following statement after…

The B-21 will eventually replace the B-1 and B-2 bomber aircrafts.

by   In a July, 2020 photo, a B-1B Lancer assigned to the 37th Bomb Squadron taxis on the flightline at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (Quentin Marx/U.S. Air Force) RAPID CITY, S.D. (Tribune News Service) — The B-1B bomber fleet at Ellsworth Air Force Base near Rapid City will participate in training missions this week, causing airfield operations to be extended into the early morning hours and increased night flying, the U.S. Air Force announced Sunday. According to a news release, the e...

B-1B Lancer bomber conducts aerial refuelling mission with KC-46A 21 May 2021 (Last Updated May 21st, 2021 09:46) The USAF’s B-1B Lancer bomber has successfully conducted a refuelling mission with KC-46A Pegasus. Share Article Maintenance professionals conduct a preflight inspection and prepare a KC-46A Pegasus for a mission to refuel a B-1B Lancer. Credit: USAF / Senior Airman Alexi Bosarge. A US Air Force’s 37th Bomb Squadron (BS) B-1B Lanc...