USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Nellis hosts Mobility Air Forces Exercise

    Approximately 40 C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircraft from Air Force bases in Alaska and the Continental United States met over the Nevada Test and Training Range to conduct air and ground operations as part of the bi-annual exercise which is planned and executed by students assigned to

  • 6 CTS provides training for irregular warfare overseas

    (Editor's Note: This is part 1 of a series about the 6th Combat Training Squadron and the Joint Terminal Attack Controller Qualification Course.)The way United States and coalition partners are using air power is ever changing. Wars are no longer being fought in an open field with battalions slowly

  • Green Flag-West 10-7 begins May 21

    Southern Nevada and Southern California residents will see increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force hosts exercise Green Flag-West 10-07 from May 21 through June 4.Missions will be flown from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., twice daily beginning May 23 with takeoffs around 2 p.m. and again

  • Commentary- Focus on safety during 101 Critical Days of Summer

    Here we are again...another "Critical Days of Summer." The CDoS will officially start on May 28 (Memorial Day weekend) and run through Sept. 6 (Labor Day weekend). Last summer, the Air Force lost 22 Airmen during these critical days to needless mishaps. This year, we are promoting the importance of

  • Nellis Airman proves spectacular athletes aren't just in the pros

    Many citizens in the United States have the perception of military servicemembers being as they are portrayed on television: tall, muscular, natural born killers whose sole thought process is how to defeat any enemy placed before them. However, military members aren't robots who are just trained to

  • Nellis dentistry resident wins CDA competetion

    Capt. (Dr.) Karen Zabrowski, a resident dentist at the Advanced Education of General Dentistry course here, was awarded first place in a table clinic competition during the California Dental Association annual meeting May 13 to 17.Dr. Zabrowski was awarded first place out of 44 delegates from the

  • Commentary - We buckled up, 'we walked away'

    How many times have you noticed the warnings on the visor of most new cars? I never paid much attention to them, but fortunately at an early age, I learned to always buckle up anytime I was in a vehicle. Having your older brother, a senior airman stationed in Japan, thrown from the passenger seat of

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