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  • 98th Range Wing captures back-to-back bowling crown

    The 98th Range Wing "Range Rats" bowling team captured their second consecutive base bowling championship May 25 edging a strong 57th Maintenance Squadron AMMO team by eight pins in the championship match.In the double elimination tournament, 57th AMMO came through the winner's bracket, and the 98th

  • Nellis brings home three A1 awards

    The deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel and services, or A1, recently announced two Nellis Airmen and service program as winners of the 2010 Manpower, Personnel and Services Annual Awards.Winners of the Major Command annual awards were selected for submission to the Pentagon to compete at

  • Fallen Nellis Airmen remembered during annual memorial dedication

    The Nevada Benefits Foundation and Gold Star Families honored four fallen Nellis Airmen during the 6th Annual Defending Freedom Memorial dedication ceremony at the Red Rock Canyon Visitors Center May 14.Hosted annually, the event honors fallen servicemembers with ties to Nevada and provides a forum

  • Nellis pays respects to fallen Soldier

    Airmen render salutes as a a hearse carrying U.S. Army Sgt. Ken Hermogino departs Nellis Air Force Base following a dignified transfer ceremony here May 21. Sergeant Hermogino died May 9 in Herat province, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related vehicle accident. The son of a

  • Nellis hosts official visit

    Chinese army Gen. Chen Bingde, chief of the general staff of the People's Liberation Army, is welcomed to Nellis Air Force Base by Maj. Gen. James W. "Bill" Hyatt, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, during a visit here May 20. The Nellis event was part of a week-long official visit to the

  • Weapons School conducts air mobility exercise

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School conducted a large-scale exercise over the Nevada Test and Training Range May 18.The school's Mobility Air Forces Exercise, or MAFEX, simulated a major airlift operation to seize a landing zone inside enemy territory.The complex operation involved Air Force and Army

  • Nellis and Creech welcomes newest master sergeant selectees

    Nellis and Creech welcomed 159 new master sergeants after the announcement of the newest selectees was released May 19.Air Force officials selected 6,618 of 19,538 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 33.87 percent.The average score for those selected

  • Nellis Family Housing completes residential pool

    The Nellis Family Housing held a ceremony for the completion of the new residential pool May 17. The pool area, which is more than 4,700 square feet and can hold up to 450 people, was designed for base residents and their families and will open May 28 at 3 p.m. Construction began in 2009 with the

  • Nellis commemorates Arbor Day

    Nellis celebrates Arbor Day annually by organizing the Lomie Gray Heard Elementary School poster contest award show and a tree planting ceremony. This year, more than 300 third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students participated in the award show, and the Nevada Division of Forestry presented Nellis

  • Air Force honors 2010 Sijan award winners

    For demonstrating outstanding leadership, four Airmen received the 2010 Lance P. Sijan USAF Leadership Award during a ceremony May 11 in the Pentagon's Hall of Heroes.Named in honor of the first U.S. Air Force Academy graduate to receive the Medal of Honor, the award annually recognizes officer and

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