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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 last week s Combat Raider Media Day. “Usually right when you take off and the wheels are starting to come up.” ....
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) 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. ....