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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Staff Sgt. Raymond Elmendorf and Airman 1st Class Eric Morrison, 28th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance crew members, assist Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwight Moore, Naval Munitions Command Seal Beach mineman, with loading Mk-62 Quickstrike mines onto munitions carts at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D., June 2, 2014. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Anania Tedurio)Staff Sgt. Raymond Elmendorf and Airman 1st Class Eric Morrison assist Petty Officer 2nd Class Dwight Moore with loading Mk-62 Quickstrike mines onto munitions carts June 2, 2014, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. Elmendorf and Morrison are 28th Munitions Squadron conventional maintenance crew members. Moore is a Naval Munitions Command Seal Beach mineman. (Air Force photo/Senior Airman Anania Tedurio)
                
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        Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Bentley, Naval Munitions Command Charleston mineman, adjusts the fin assembly on an Mk-62 Quickstrike mine at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. June 2, 2014. The B-1B Lancer pilots dropped the mines at an altitude of about 1,000 feet while moving at more than 500 kilometers an hour as part of a joint exercise with Ellsworth Airmen designed to enhance air and sea capabilities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anania Tekurio)Petty Officer 2nd Class Daniel Bentley adjusts the fin assembly on an Mk-62 Quickstrike mine June 2, 2014, at Ellsworth Air Force Base, S.D. The B-1B Lancer pilots dropped the mines at an altitude of about 1,000 feet while moving at more than 500 kilometers an hour as part of a joint exercise with Ellsworth AFB Airmen designed to enhance air and sea capabilities. Bentley is a Naval Munitions Command Charleston mineman, (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Anania Tekurio)
                
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Airmen, Sailors build Navy mines for B-1 deploymentPublished June 11, 2014
                    
                    By Senior Airman Yash Rojas
                    
                    
                    28th Bomb Wing Public Affairs
            **ELLSWORTH AIR FORCE BASE, S.D. (AFNS) --**Ellsworth Airmen partnered with several U.S. Navy minemen June 2 through 7 during a joint training mission to exercise the B-1B Lancer's capabilities in deploying Navy mines.
The 28th Munitions Squadron members teamed up with Sailors from the Naval Munitions Command Seal Beach for the first time to assist in building, loading and deploying Mk-62 and Mk-65 Quick Strike mines. 
"It was definitely a good experience," said Staff Sgt. Raymond Elmendorf, 28th MUNS conventional maintenance crew chief and munitions inspector. "I had never worked with the Navy before ... but it was good to build that camaraderie. When we were out there building [mines], it wasn't really just Air Force [and] Navy ... [it was much more] of a team."
The minemen primarily focused on the building of Mk-62s and Mk-65s, while the Airmen from Ellsworth concentrated more on loading the mines into the aircraft. 
"Working with the Air Force wasn't all that different for us, especially since we do this all the time," said U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Frick. "We worked really well with the Airmen who took part in this build. They made it easy for us to build, load and wait for deployment of our mines."
While the Air Force does not routinely build Navy munitions, Ellsworth demonstrated it possesses the capabilities and the personnel to deploy Navy mines.
"If we had the technical guidance, we could definitely build it too," said Elmendorf. 
The experience was beneficial to all Airmen involved, said Elmendorf, who added this kind of training had not been performed for several years. Unique training opportunities give everyone a chance to build upon skills and become familiar with different munitions. 
The multi-mission B-1B is the backbone of America's long-range bomber force, carrying the largest payload of both guided and unguided weapons in the Air Force inventory, including Naval mines. It can rapidly deliver massive quantities of precision and non-precision weapons against any adversary, anywhere in the world, at any time.
"If we are called upon to work alongside Airmen to, we'll be ready," said Frink. "You don't want to have to be in a situation where you have to deploy mines, but if the threat is there, you want to know you and everyone you are working with knows what they're doing."B-1 Lancer 



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