{"id":39381,"date":"2024-02-06T19:10:46","date_gmt":"2024-02-06T19:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/06\/ellsworth-afb-reopens-runway-following-b-1-crash\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T21:21:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T21:21:53","slug":"ellsworth-afb-reopens-runway-following-b-1-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/airforcetimes\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/02\/06\/ellsworth-afb-reopens-runway-following-b-1-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Ellsworth AFB reopens runway following B-1 crash"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Dakota\u2019s Ellsworth Air Force Base reopened its single runway Monday, a month after a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/01\/05\/airman-hospitalized-after-b-1-bomber-crashes-in-south-dakota\/\" target=\"_blank\">nonfatal B-1B Lancer crash shut down flight operations<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several B-1s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.airforcetimes.com\/news\/your-air-force\/2024\/01\/25\/ellsworth-afb-moves-b-1-bombers-to-texas-amid-crash-probe\/\" target=\"_blank\">temporarily relocated to Dyess Air Force Base, in Texas, <\/a>in late January while investigators sought clues about what caused the Jan. 4 crash. 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Firefighters extinguished a blaze at the crash site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">All four of the bomber\u2019s crew members safely ejected; one was taken to a local hospital for injuries. That airman has since been released and is expected to return to work soon, 28th Bomb Wing Commander Col. Derek Oakley said in an email.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An accident investigation is ongoing. 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