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  • NTTR: Training our way to victory

    Red Flag, an air-to-air combat exercise for pilots, and Green Flag, a ground combat training exercise, are two of the largest training operations in the Department of Defense. The NTTR enables training opportunities like these, while also providing a practice home to the U.S. Air Force Aerial

  • Nellis AFB supports POTUS visit

    Airman 1st Class Derrick Terry, security forces specialist assigned to the 99th Security Forces Squadron(SFS), stands guard in front of a VC-25 aircraft on the flight line at Nellis Air Force Base(AFB), Nevada, Sept. 13, 2020. The 99th SFS provides flight line security, police services and

  • USMC supports USAFWS in producing expert weapons instructors

    A U.S. Marine assigned to Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron 169, Camp Pendleton, California, watches as a USMC helicopter takes off in support of the 66th Weapons Squadron Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 20, 2020. The WIC teaches instructors to become

  • Leah Esper visits Team Nellis Spouses

    Leah Esper, wife of Secretary of Defense Dr. Mark T. Esper (left), is greeted by Katie Dyer (right), wife of Col. Todd Dyer, 99th Air Base Wing commander, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 21, 2020. During her visit, Esper held an open-forum to discuss the resources available to Nellis Airmen

  • VFA-41 participates in Green Flag 20-9

    An FA-18F Super Hornet fighter jet assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41, Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, prepares to land after a Green Flag 20-9 training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 18, 2020. The Super Hornet is the U.S. Navy’s primary strike and air superiority aircraft

  • Vehicle maintenance keeps Nellis 'rolling'

    The smell of motor oil fills the air as grease covered mechanics survey the garage full of vehicles waiting to be inspected or repaired.Vehicle maintainers assigned to the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron here spend their days ensuring the extensive vehicle fleet on base is maintained and mission

  • Virtual training center leverages enhanced warfighter capabilities

    The Air Force relies on forward-thinking Airmen who are constantly thinking of ways to innovate, refine or improve processes and technology in a way that can modernize the service and its tactics. Nellis Airmen have heard, and answered, that call, and so with the snip of a ribbon, on Aug. 17 the

  • Newest member of 99th SFS, Ivan

    Ivan, 99th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog, completes an obstacle during training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 2, 2020. Ivan and his handler train daily on obstacle courses to maintain mission readiness for emergency situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class

  • Guardian Angels support NASA launch

    The 58th Rescue Squadron’s Guardian Angels assigned to Nellis Air Force Base made up the three-team Space Flight Support Force distributed amongst Patrick AFB, Fla., Joint Base Charleston, S.C., and JB Pearl Harbor-Hickam, Hawaii, in support of the historic launch. 

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