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  • Nellis spouse wins video competition

    Nellis spouse Christina Hillard was recently named winner of the short video competition on the official Year of the Air Force Family website, MyAirForceLife.com.Ms. Hillard, the wife of Tech. Sgt. Christopher Hillard from the 57th Maintenance Group, won the award for her short video, "What A Ride,"

  • Justice File: Legal Office releases April UCMJ actions

    Editor's note: Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals are not identified.Article 15 Actions: During April 2010, Nellis and Creech commanders administered 14 non-judicial

  • Nellis congratulates installation quarterly award winners

    Nellis announced its outstanding performers for the first quarter April 23. The award winners are as follows:Airman of the QuarterSenior Airman Kyle Makemson, 432nd WingNoncommissioned Officer of the QuarterTech. Sgt. Jeffrey Basaldua, 99th Air Base Wing Senior Noncommissioned Officer of the

  • USAF AMMOS graduates 200th student

    The U.S. Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School celebrated two milestones recently, as they graduated their 20th class and 200th student April 16."It's important to celebrate the school's history and key institutional milestones," said Lt. Col. Matt Powell, U.S. Air Force AMMOS

  • Air Force-wide social media access begins

    Air Force officials began a two-week phased opening April 26 of access to social media sites Air Force-wide. Pacific Air Forces bases gained access to social media sites earlier in April, serving as the test-bed prior to the Air Force-wide initiative.Air Force Space Command, Air Education and

  • Nellis' rescue squadrons assist in rescue of stranded hikers

    The 66th and 58th Rescue Squadrons at Nellis assisted the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, National Park Service officials and Death Valley National Park rangers to rescue five stranded hikers April 18 in Mosaic Canyon, Calif.The hikers had become trapped between two cliffs and were spotted by

  • RED HORSE Airmen build facilities for warfighters

    As 30,000 servicemembers continue to pour into the region as part of the troop surge in Afghanistan, a 15-man team of Airmen with the 1st Expeditionary RED HORSE Group here are building structures for warfighters."Our mission here is to construct the facilities that directly support the

  • Thunderbirds fly Super Bowl champions

    Super Bowl XLIV champions Drew Brees and Jabari Greer of the National Football League's New Orleans Saints experienced "air dominance" in a different fashion April 23 going for a ride in a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds red, white and blue F-16 Fighting Falcon. The Super Bowl champions, known for their

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