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  • Red Flag exercise kicks off Monday

    Southern Nevada residents may notice increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force prepares for Red Flag exercise 10-01 Oct. 19. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its allies. The exercise is conducted on the 15,000-square-mile

  • ACC command chief visits Nellis, Oct. 15

    The most precious resources at Nellis are not the many aircrafts that help defend and protect our freedom overseas and in country, but the uniformed men and women who proudly serve as Airmen. Sometimes this is mentioned enough, and  this what the command chief of Air Combat Command, Chief Master

  • Weapon Loaders compete to sharpen skills

    Nellis weapon load crews compete against each other to sharpen skills. During the bi-monthly competition, the teams are judged based on speed, accuracy, and safety while loading ordnance onto aircraft.to view a slideshow of this event, click here.

  • Green Flag - West exercise began Oct. 9

    Southern Nevada and Southern California residents will see increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force begins GREEN FLAG - West 10-01, Oct. 9. Missions will be flown between 3 p.m. and 12 a.m. beginning Oct. 9 through Oct. 23, and will take place at the National Training Center at Fort

  • Photographer's Nellis-Creech pictures now in Library of Congress

    A desire to show the non-flying side of the Air Force motivated a British photographer, and now his 60-photo "Cleared Hot!" exhibition is part of the Library of Congress. "I met a lot of Air Force people and the first question they're asked is, 'What type of plane do you fly?'" Nicholas Price said.

  • Chief McKinley makes first visit with Airmen since retirement

    The 15th Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force, Chief Rodney J. McKinley, visited and answered questions from Airmen and civilians here Oct. 6 and 7; this was his first visit to an Air Force base since his retirement as Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force June 30. "This is my first time meeting with

  • Aviation Nation returns to Nellis Nov. 14-15

    The largest free public event in Nevada returns to Nellis Air Force Base Nov. 14 and 15 when the U.S. Air Force hosts Aviation Nation 2009 -- the Nellis Air Force Base Open House and annual Las Vegas Air Show. This year, Aviation Nation celebrates the 21st century Air Force and its accomplishments

  • New Nellis program to help with care for injured Airmen

    The first Recovery Care Coordination Program for injured servicemembers in Air Combat Command was activated here Sept. 22. This new program is a non-medical support program with the goal of improving how care and support is delivered to wounded, severely injured or ill servicemembers and their

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