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  • 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

  • Nellis officers visit Coronado Navy bases

    Members of the Nellis Air Force Base Company Grade Officers' Council got a hands-on look at the capabilities of the U.S. Navy July 15-17. During a CGOC visit to Navy units on Coronado Island, California, a group of junior Air Force officers saw special warfare training, landing and surface warfare

  • Nellis Airmen restore vandalized American flag

    For more than 200 years, the American flag has been a symbol of strength, unity, pride, and inspiration for our nation. The flag is a powerful symbol of liberty and freedom, especially for those who fight for and defend it. This is particularly true for one Nellis Airman and his wingmen from

  • Red Flag 10-04 kicks off July 19

    Southern Nevada residents may notice increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force conducts Red Flag 10-4 July 19-30.Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is hosted north of Las Vegas on the Nevada Test and

  • Pakistan Air Force arrives at Nellis for first Red Flag

    Members of the Pakistan Air Force arrived at Nellis Air Force Base July 16 to participate in Red Flag 10-4.  The U.S. Air Force is hosting approximately 100 Pakistan Air Force pilots, maintainers and support personnel at the world's premier large force employment and integration exercise July 17-31.

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