Ellsworth is requiring at least $1.5 billion in upgrades to host the B-21, with a similar amount needed for Dyess.

Eight hundred airmen and 17 B-1B Lancers from Ellsworth AFB will temporarily relocate to Grand Forks AFB as Ellsworth prepares for the arrival of the new B-21 Raider. (A1C Kevin Tanenbaum/U.S. Air ...

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer assigned to the 34th Bomb Squadron lands at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Dec. 3, 2025. The B-1B returned from Grand forks Air Force Base, N.D. following completion of the ...

An Air Force colonel set to take over Ellsworth Air Force Base's 28th Bomb Wing later this month harshly criticized the culture of the South Dakota bomber squadrons he's preparing to oversee in a ...

Trump signed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for 2026, which includes significant provisions for Ellsworth Air ...

Senator Mike Rounds has attended a signing ceremony at the White House for the National Defense Authorization Act.

Seventeen planes and 800 people will temporarily transfer to Grand Forks Air Force Base in northeastern North Dakota to accommodate a runway construction project at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South ...

The house of representatives just passed the annual defense bill and with-it hundreds of millions of dollars are closer to ...

Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. (KELO) — It’s been over 45 years since the last Warrant Officer Ceremony was held at Ellsworth Air Force Base. Friday afternoon, the base got to showcase the new ...

Conti Federal Services has secured a $135.5 million firm-fixed-price contract from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to construct a maintenance hangar at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota. The ...

John Thune was on a Sioux Falls golf course during a May 2005 weekend when he received a call he’d been dreading. His chief of staff phoned to say Ellsworth Air Force Base was on a closure list that ...

GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE — A B-1B Lancer bomber on Thursday touched down at Grand Forks Air Force Base for the second time this year. It's one of two arriving at the base this week to help work out ...