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  • Mike O'Callaghan Treatment Facility Upgrades to Expand Care

    Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center has begun adding new services and a larger capacity for care. The former federal hospital was redesignated in this year's defense authorization bill, clearing it for the expansion.Maj. James Combs of the 99th Medical Dental Support Squadron, head of patient

  • 8th CMSAF Sam Parish speaks with Nellis Airmen

    The eighth Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Sam Parish came to speak with more than 800 enlisted Airmen and give them an opportunity to ask questions Feb. 10, 2012, at the Nellis Air Force Base theatre.Parish retired from the Air Force June 30, 1986, after serving 32 years of active duty time.

  • Airmen return home

    A group of 71 Airmen, most of whom are assigned to either the 66th Rescue Squadron or the 763rd Rescue Maintenance Squadron, returned from a deployment Feb. 8, 2012, to Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. These Airmen comprised the last Air Force rescue unit stationed in Iraq prior to the withdrawal of U.S.

  • TSR team assists with developing resiliency

    Today's Air Force is focused on developing resilient Airmen. To accomplish this, the Air Force has provided numerous resources that will assist Airmen as they strengthen themselves mentally, physically and spiritually. One resource that is available to help Airmen before and after a tough time is

  • Engineers teach children about giants

    The 99th Civil Engineer Squadron performed a demonstration for children from the Nellis Child Development Center during a field trip Jan. 27, 2012, on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Volunteers from the 99 CES accompanied the children to the primary base water tower and taught them about its importance,

  • Soldiers' Angels volunteers visit Nellis

    Former National Football League players who are now volunteers with the Soldiers' Angels organization visited with Airmen and hospital patients Feb. 3, 2012, on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Franco Harris and Lyndell Mitchell autographed footballs and Super Bowl hats for Nellis Airmen and patients of

  • David Grossman to speak at National Prayer Luncheon

    The 99th Air Base Wing Chaplain's office is proud to welcome retired U.S. Army Ranger, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and resiliency expert Lt. Col. David Grossman as the speaker at the annual National Prayer Luncheon, which will be held at 11:30 a.m. March 1, 2012, at The Club on Nellis AFB, Nev.

  • Tuskegee Airmen made history in Las Vegas

    Although no Tuskegee Airmen passed through the Las Vegas Army Airfield gunnery school during World War II, the gunnery school, which later became the foundation for Nellis Air Force Base, was the site of one of the Tuskegee Airmen's great post-war accomplishments. On March 2, 1949, Las Vegas Air

  • Commissary hosts can and snack drive

    The Nellis Commissary is hosting a food drive to support the local homeless veterans who will attend the 9th annual Veterans Stand Down March 21-22, 2012, at the East Las Vegas Community Center in Las Vegas, Nev.The "pop top" canned and "individually wrapped" snack drive began Feb. 1, 2012, and will

  • 58 RQS conducts grenade training

    Pararescuemen from the 58th Rescue Squadron conducted grenade training Jan. 27, 2012, on the Nevada Test and Training Range.  Combat Rescue Officers and pararescuemen are trained in a variety of skills so they are able to reach, care for and bring back any wounded or isolated personnel.For

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