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  • Art of teaching: with great power, comes great responsibility

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Aristotle once stated, “Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence, but we rather have those because we have acted rightly. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act but a habit.”

  • Airmen, Marines provide combined command and control during Red Flag 16-2

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.— High in the clouds over the Nevada Test and Training Range near Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, a crew of more than 20 Airmen aboard an E-3 Sentry (AWACS) work diligently on a multitude of missions. They’re tasks include providing accurate picture of the battlespace to

  • Allied Coalition: U.S., Turkish Forces participate in joint exercise

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Aircrew members began filing into the small auditorium located deep within the secured facility. As they walk through the vault doors, one after another, some pause to admire the walls adorned with pictures and signed lithographs.  Mementos left over the years by

  • Bomber units refine skills at Red Flag 16-2

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Since the earliest military operation in American aviation history, air bombardment has been a valuable asset to gain unique strategic and tactical advantages over opposing forces. This capability has helped to counter everything from enemy advancements in World War I

  • NAFB Intelligence Squadrons integral to Red Flag Success

    Whether it is analyzing imagery, producing tactical intelligence reports, or working with aggressor squadrons to ensure the highest training standards are met, it is difficult to find an area of Red Flag in which the 365th Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Group doesn’t play a part.

  • Celebrate National Nutrition Month

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., -- What you eat matters, especially if you want to perform your best. Food and nutrition play an important role in military capability. Appropriate food, in terms of both quality and quantity, and adequate hydration are required to ensure that the physical capability and

  • 99th CES Fire Protection Flight takes home prestigious awards

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev., -- The 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight was awarded four Air Force-Level Awards on Feb. 24 at Nellis AFB, for their accomplishments during 2015. The awards included the Air Force Large Fire Department of the Year, Fire Prevention Program of the Year,

  • 2016 Air Force Trials begin

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- U.S. Air Force and Australian wounded warriors gathered together here Feb. 26 to celebrate the opening ceremony of the third annual Air Force Trials competition at the Warrior Fitness Center.The Air Force Trials is an adaptive sports event designed to promote the

  • ‘Mission First’ joins Team Bullseye

    As of March 1, Air Combat Command will take an additional step to improve 57th Maintenance Group maintainers’ lives by implementing a new, $305 million backshop maintenance contract.

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