A new federal defense authorization bill includes major wins for South Dakota, according to U.S. Senator Mike Rounds. The legislation allocates $3.5 billion for the B-21 bomber program and $378 ...

WASHINGTON (South Dakota Searchlight) – Funding for the B-21 bomber program, construction money to support it at a base near ...

The Senate Armed Services Committee has advanced the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 with $406 ...

The U.S. Air Force’s plan to acquire “at least 100” new B-21 Raider stealth bombers faces a critical production bottleneck that could create a dangerous strategic vulnerability. -While these new ...

The bomber will be on static display at the world-famous Royal International Air Tattoo which runs from Friday, July 18 to ...

Conti Federal Services, LLC, a leading federal construction and engineering firm based in Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $33.5M firm-fixed-price contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers ...

Col. Erick D. Lord will take command of the 28th Bomb Wing during a change of command ceremony later this month.

The new fitness test is meant to simulate the taxing physical conditions that Explosive Ordnance Disposal airmen face.

ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. – Col. Erick D. Lord has been selected as the next commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, home to ...

Brig. Gen. John Gallemore, who has logged more than 4,300 flight hours in the F-16 Fighting Falcon, F-15E Strike Eagle, T-38 ...

RAPID CITY, S.D. (KOTA) - The Air Force is looking to make changes to the Power River Training Complex. That’s the airspace that spans parts of South Dakota, Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming that’s ...

Altus Air Force Base broke ground on a new Rivers Elementary School, a 640-student facility championed by Sen. Lankford to ...