Training exercise at Ellsworth AFB brings mission into focus pilots, crews say
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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.