The 28th Bomb Wing is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Eighth Air Force of the Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) and is stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. The wing is also the "host unit" at Ellsworth AFB.
Two U.S. Air Force B-1 Lancer bombers, from the 28th Bomb Wing, Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., fly over the National Museum of the United States Air Force at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, 18 April 2017, on the 75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raid on Japan. The flyover marked the end of a memorial service commemorating the raid.
Image: Logo for the 28th Bomb Wing
28th BMW B-52H circa 1979
4th ACCS EC-135G Airborne Launch Control Center at Ellsworth AFB, SD
The Eighth Air Force (Air Forces Strategic) is a numbered air force (NAF) of the United States Air Force's Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC). It is headquartered at Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana. The command serves as Air Forces Strategic – Global Strike, one of the air components of United States Strategic Command (USSTRATCOM). The Eighth Air Force includes the heart of America's heavy bomber force: the Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit stealth bomber, the Rockwell B-1 Lancer supersonic bomber, and the Boeing B-52 Stratofortress heavy bomber aircraft.
B-17 Flying Fortresses over Eastern Europe during World War II
B-17 Flying Fortresses from the 398th Air Expeditionary Group fly a bombing run to Neumünster, Germany, on 13 April 1945; three weeks later, on 8 May, Nazi Germany surrendered, and Victory in Europe Day was declared.
Aircraft and ground crew of the B-17 Flying Fortress of the 358th Bombardment Squadron and 303rd Bombardment Group, RAF Molesworth, known as the "Hell's Angels". This was the first B-17 to complete 25 combat missions in the Eighth Air Force, on 13 May 1943; after completing 48 missions, the aircraft returned to the United States on 20 January 1944, for a publicity tour.
North American P-51 Mustangs from the 375th Fighter Squadron and 361st Fighter Squadron during World War II in July 1944