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  • Green Flag-West 10-09 begins Aug. 8

    Southern Nevada and Southern California residents will see increased military aircraft activity as the U.S. Air Force hosts exercise Green Flag-West 10-09 from Aug. 8-19. Aircraft will depart from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., twice daily for missions at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin,

  • Pakistan Air Force trains at Nellis

    It took six days and four stops for six Pakistan Air Force pilots to fly six F-16Bs over 7,700 miles from Mushaf Air Base in northern Pakistan to Las Vegas to fly and train in Red Flag 10-4 and Green Flag 10-9 exercises at Nellis AFB. Approximately 100 maintenance, support and aircrew personnel

  • Air Force Reserve sponsors ‘Street League Skateboarding’

    The Air Force Reserve announced it will be an official sponsor of Street League Skateboarding, the first‐ever professional street skateboarding competition. Finals will be held Sept. 25 at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas.The three‐leg tour will begin Aug. 28 at the Jobing.com Arena in

  • Nellis offers one of a kind training experience through Blackjack

    When many tourists come to Las Vegas they rely on blackjack to try and turn their fortunes around.This is also true with the pilots who participate in the exercises located at Nellis Air Force Base, but with one major difference. The "Blackjack," these pilots rely on is not a card game played in any

  • Chaplain team keeps troops cool during Red Flag

    It was more than 100 degrees in the scorching desert sun, yet Chaplain (Capt.) David Knight and Staff Sgt. Shane Rushforth, 20th Fighter Wing and Air Expeditionary Wing, chaplain and chaplain assistant from Shaw Air Force Base, S.C., were getting ready to go out into the heat.But first, they needed

  • Nellis congratulates installation quarterly award winners

    Nellis announced its outstanding performers for the second quarter July 23. The award winners are as follows:Airman of the QuarterSenior Airman Holly Hughes, 432nd WingNoncommissioned Officer of the QuarterStaff. Sgt. Stephanie Berrios, 99th Air Base Wing Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the

  • 'Street Smart' comes to Nellis

    A United States Airman is back in his hometown for a party thrown in his honor. After having a few more beers than he intended, he decides to climb behind the wheel of his car, and forgets to buckle up. A crash ensues and he is thrown from the driver's seat and through the windshield. He has a

  • Red Flag provides unique training opportunities

    Four times per year, U.S. forces and allies from around the world gather at "The Home of the Fighter Pilot" to participate in Red Flag and gain coalition air combat experiences in a peacetime environment. They fly together on the Nevada Test and Training Range here, the U.S. Air Force's premiere

  • 433rd Weapons Squadron soars high with F-15, F-22

    The 433rd Weapons Squadron based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., flies the F-15C Eagle and F-22A Raptor. It is one of two Weapons School units operating two types of aircraft.The Weapons School began in the late 1940s as the U.S. Air Force Gunnery School and teaches graduate-level instructor

  • Green Flag prepares Airmen, Soldiers for joint fight

    As he flies a combat air patrol over the cities of Medina Wasl and Medina Jabal, Capt. James Russell pushes up the throttle on his F-16. His $20 million aircraft is running low on fuel and a KC-135 is standing by in the distance to top off the tanks, but it will have to wait. Soldiers are pinned

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