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  • The clarinet quartet of the Air Force Band of the Golden West plays Christmas tunes at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 12. From left are Staff Sgt. Igor Poklad, Senior Airman Greg Gallant, Technical Sgt. Kevin Conners, and Technical Sgt. Frank Milicia. The four musicians, stationed at Travis Air Force Base, Calif., spent the day spreading holiday cheer at the Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital, Base Exchange, Commissary, Lomie Heard Elementary School and several work centers. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith)

    Air Force clarinet quartet spreads holiday cheer

  • Captain Jessica Martin, acting chief of Community Relations, Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Office of Public Affairs Office, places a toy under the Christmas tree at the Officers’ Club Dec. 12. The toys were donated by the Civilian Military Council and will be given to deserving children by the base's Operation Warm Heart Adopt-A-Family program. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr.)

    Nellis Military Civilian Council donates toys

  • Capt. Tony Carr and Capt. Tim Garland, McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., approach the rotation point for lift-off in a C-17 Globe Master III Dec.11 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. during the U.S. Air Force Weapon School's Mission Employment Phase. Approximately 80 aircraft from both the Air Force and Navy are participating in the two-week exercise. ME Phase is the final stage of a five-and a- half month course which trains students to be weapons officers. It is the final event prior to Weapons School graduation. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Kevin J. Gruenwald)

    Headed for the fight

  • Nellis security forces Airmen return from Iraq

    Approximately 70 members of the 99th Security Forces Group will return home here at 5:15 p.m. today after serving an eight-month deployment in Iraq. The returning Airmen will be reunited with family, friends and their fellow comrade, Airman 1st Class Brandon Byers, whose tour ended early when his Humvee was hit by an improvised explosive device

  • Weapons School begins mission employment exercise

    The United States Air Force Weapons School began its mission employment graduation exercise here Tuesday. Approximately 80 aircraft from both the Air Force and Navy will participate in the nearly two-week-long event, held on the Nevada Test and Training Range. Eighty-six students from 20 separate combat specialties will take part in the exercise.
  • Senior Airman Christopher Alls, 99th Services Squadron Nellis Inn front desk clerk, updates the maintenance log. Airman Alls saved the life of a guest by using the Heimlich maneuver. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Larry Reid Jr.)

    Airman's quick action saves a life

    An Airman has saved the life of a guest at the Nellis Inn. Senior Airman Chris Alls, 99th Services Squadron front desk clerk, was on the midnight shift at the Nellis Inn when he received a frantic call from a retired Air Force technical sergeant, who said his bride of two days, Elva, was choking and unable to breathe. John Kimball and his wife
  • A vintage P-51 Mustang sits on the flightline while the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team peforms during the Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., air show Nov. 11-12, 2006. More than 100,00 people attended the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Lawrence Crespo)

    Nellis air show 2006 scrapbook

  • First attack squadron stands up at Creech AFB

    The 42nd Attack Squadron, the Air Force's first attack squadron and first MQ-9 Reaper Squadron, stood up at Creech Air Force Bae, Nev., Nov. 9 at 9:42 a.m. Lt. Col. Jonathan Greene assumed command of the squadron. The Reaper is the next stage in unmanned-aerial-vehicle development. Similar to the evolution of aircraft in war, earlier UAVs were
  • Airman 1st Class Brandon Byers, 99th Security Forces Squadron, accompanied by his wife and daughter, speaks to news media Nov. 6 in front of the Officers' Club after returning to Nellis. Airman Byers was injured by an improvised explosive device during a convoy mision while deployed to Camp Bucca, Iraq. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman Larry Reed)

    Nellis Airman comes home to fanfare

    A Nellis Airman arrived at the Officer's Club Nov. 6 to a hero's welcome from about 60 of his co-workers and friends after spending two weeks in Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas, for injuries he sustained while deployed to Iraq. Airman 1st Class Brandon Byers, 99th Security Forces Squadron, landed with his wife, Megan, and

  • Nellis rescue team saves hiker

    A combat search and rescue team stationed here rescued a hiker missing in Zion National Park, Utah, Monday. The team consisted of Airmen from the 58th and 66th Rescue Squadrons. The pararescuemen on the mission were Tech. Sgt. Dana Vaughan and Staff Sgts. Jeremy Diola, Ted Rajala and Eric Kelly, all from the 58th RQS. The helicopter crew was Lt.
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