700–800 members of the 28th Bomb Wing will relocate to Grand Forks in preparation for B-21 Raiders. Rapid City KOTA-TV. Ellsworth’s 28th Bomb Wing will temporarily relocate.

Col. Derek Oakley, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, says 500 to 700 airmen will be temporarily stationed in Grand Forks at any given time over the next several months, with some planes and crew ...

Col. Derek Oakley, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, says 500 to 700 airmen will be temporarily stationed in Grand Forks at any given time over the next several months, with some planes and crew ...

The US Air Force’s 28th Bomb Wing, which currently operates the Boeing B-1B, will be the first unit to receive the B-21 stealth bomber later this decade.

Thursday’s flights—the first at Ellsworth since January 4—demonstrate the B-1B combat wing’s capability, Colonel Derek Oakley, commander of the 28th Bomb Wing, said in a statement.

Tech Sgt. Robert Knight of the 28th Bomb Wing’s maintenance squadron performs a quality check on the ACES II ejection seat of one of the wing’s bombers in June 2012 at Ellsworth Airbase.

The bomber crashed at around 5:50 p.m. local time "while attempting to land on the installation," the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth said in a statement.

A B-1B Lancer from the 28th Bomb Wing fires flares during a June 2022 mission in the Pacific. Credit: U.S. Air Force One of the U.S. Air Force’s remaining B-1B Lancer wings is working to become ...