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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.
Civil Air Patrol assists SD Air National Guard in F-16 training
CAP South Dakota WingMay 14, 2021News
CAP South Dakota WingSouth Dakota Air National Guard 114th Fighter Wing aerial intercept training.
SIOUX FALLS, SD South Dakota Wing, Civil Air Patrol, played a crucial part in South Dakota Air National Guard 114th Fighter Wing aerial intercept training May 12 and 13 by playing the role of adversary aircraft flying in restricted air space. The training helped the Air Guard be ready for the possible real-world need to intercept aircraft having emergencies, violations of Temporary Flight Restriction areas, and other aerial targets.
CAP also provides direct support to the United States Air Force, such as the SDANG training flights.
Air Force broadens height standards for career enlisted aviator fields March 8 U.S. Air Force Capt. Megan E. Burk, of the 413th Test Squadron, performs tasks during an anthropometric accommodation evaluation on the MH-139A Grey Wolf at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., in August 2020. This study is part of a multi-agency effort to create the first anthropometric entry standards for U.S. Air Force career enlisted aviators. (Courtesy Photo) The Air Force has established interim height standards for flying enlisted aviator career fields broadening the pool of airmen who can serve as flight engineers, special-mission aviators and aircraft loadmasters, among other specialties.
VanDerWolde promoted to brigadier general in SD National Guard
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota National Guard promoted Edwin VanDerWolde to the rank of brigadier general during a ceremony at Joe Foss Field in Sioux Falls, Jan. 9.
U.S. Air National Guard Brig. Gen. Edwin Vanderwolde, South Dakota National Guard
VanDerWolde serves as the director of the joint staff and is the principal advisor to the SDNG Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jeff Marlette on all joint issues and policies relating to the defense support to civil authorities and homeland defense programs. He also oversees joint strategic planning and training to enhance the readiness of the Army and Air Guard.