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  • Operation KUDOS for Nellis children

    More than one hundred Nellis children participated in Kids Understanding of Deployment Operations (Operation KUDOS), at the Nellis Youth Center, Sept. 12. Operation KUDOS is a mock deployment for Nellis children to help them understand and experience the deployment process.

  • Meet the dirt BOYZ

    The Air Force mission to fly, fight and win is supported through many organizations. These include maintainers that work on multimillion-dollar aircrafts, security forces members who protect the base and a special group of Airmen that help lay the foundation for the installation, which are nicknamed

  • Local clergymen walk in the shoes of Nellis Airmen

    The 99th Air Base Wing invited more than 20 clergymen from the Las Vegas community to attend a clergyday, Sept. 15. Organized by the 99th ABW chaplains, this clergy day was a Nellis first. The clergymen were shown various organizations on base, which included the base chapel, the Thunderbirds hangar

  • Judge advocate general's corps announces law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) and Excess Leave Program (ELP) are being accepted from 1 Jan. to 1 March 2010. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. "Our Air Force missions are constantly changing, and commanders deserve to have access to legal advisors with a

  • U.S., Iraqi AF work together to improve safety practices

    U.S. and Iraqi safety personnel have made significant strides to improve operational safety practices and procedures here. Capt. Kevin Jamieson, 506th Air Expeditionary Group, chief of safety, worked closely with Maj. Mohammed Fida-Aldeen, Iraqi air force squadron 3 safety representative, to enhance

  • General Fraser takes command of ACC

    Gen. William M. Fraser III assumed command of Air Combat Command from Gen. John D. W. Corley in a ceremony here Sept. 10. The ACC commander leads the largest major command in the Air Force and acts as the lead agent for the Combat Air Forces, which includes elements of U.S. Air Forces in Europe,

  • Gary Sinise visits Nellis Airmen

    Nellis Airmen were treated to a welcomed surprise when Gary Sinise paid a visit, Sept. 7. Mr. Sinise spent the day greeting Airmen at various units. During his visit, he was accompanied by Col. Steven Winklmann, 99th Air Base Wing vice commander and Chief Master Sgt. Alfred Herring, 99th Air Base

  • Green Flag-West 09-10, begins Sept. 11

    Southern Nevada and Southern California residents will see increased military aircraft activity as the Air Force begins Green Flag West 09-10, Friday, Sept. 11. Missions will be flown between 3 p.m. and midnight beginning Sept. 13 to Sept. 24, and will take place at the National Training Center at

  • Integrated training with USJFCOM and the Italian air force

    The U.S. Army and Air Force have been working hard to improve joint and coalition training at the Army's National Training Center (NTC) at Fort Irwin, Calif., and the Air Force's Green Flag West (GFW), here, according to senior leaders at the combat training center (CTC). The most recent exercise

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