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  • 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

  • Housing organizations' partnership proven effective

    Roughly 6,000 people call Nellis Air Force Base their home, and housing on base has a 97% occupancy, one of the highest for Air Force bases in the United States. In the last six months alone, an estimated 700 to 800 people new to the area came through the Housing Management Office, which briefed the

  • Nellis youth exhibit skills with NBA

    The crowd of roughly 5,000 cheers as 14 children from the Nellis Youth Center run up and down the 94-foot court, hoping to score some baskets. They have four minutes to demonstrate their skills during the half time of a game between the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Chicago Bulls. Eight-year-old

  • 57th Wing welcomes new commander

    Command of the U.S. Air Force's most diverse flying organization changed hands July 16 as Brig. Gen. T.J. O'Shaughnessy assumed command of the 57th Wing from Brig. Gen. Russ Handy.The 57th Wing oversees 38 squadrons at 12 installations with members and organizations operating, maintaining and

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