28th Bomb Wing
The 28th Bomb Wing (28 BW) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the Air Combat Command Twelfth Air Force. It is stationed at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota. The wing is also the host unit at Ellsworth.
The wing is one of only two B-1B Lancer strategic bomber wings in the United States Air Force, the other being the 7th Bomb Wing at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas.
Active for over 60 years, the 28 BW was a component wing of Strategic Air Command's deterrent force throughout the Cold War.
The 28th Bomb Wing is commanded by Colonel Mark E. Weatherington. Its Command Chief Master Sergeant is Chief Master Sergeant Brian D. Lavoie.
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Famous quotes containing the words bomb and/or wing:
“No country without an atom bomb could properly consider itself independent.”
—Charles De Gaulle (1890–1970)
“Two such as you with such a master speed
Cannot be parted nor be swept away
From one another once you are agreed
That life is only life forevermore
Together wing to wing and oar to oar.”
—Robert Frost (1874–1963)