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  • 98th Range Wing provides training to ensure no enemy is safe

    How do Air Force aircrews train to kill a speeding vehicle? Until recently, they didn't. The result of this deficiency was being felt in Middle-East operations, "High Value Target" individuals were escaping in vehicles traveling at high speeds. Addressing this deficiency was so important, CENTCOM

  • Consequences of driving under the influence

    The military has a zero tolerance for driving under the influence of alcohol or any other drug that may impair the driver and endanger themselves and the people driving around them. Every year military members jeopardize their lives by taking unnecessary risks in driving drunk. These poor decisions

  • Top Chef episode filmed at Nellis, to air Sept. 2

    More than 300 Nellis Airmen enjoyed culinary creations made by Top Chef contestants during a recent Top Chef challenge, filmed at Nellis in May; the segment will air on Bravo, Sept. 2 at 10 p.m. Top Chef is a culinary reality show, where chefs compete in challenges before a board of professionals in

  • 98th RANW contributes to training exercises on Nellis

    Many squadrons and wings support Red Flag; however, one important unit that is often overlooked is the 98th Range Wing. The 98th RANW provides the resources that make Red Flag one of the most realistic air combat exercises in the world. Behind the scenes, the 98th RANW maintains the 2.9-million-acre

  • Italian maintainers hone skills during Red Flag

    Italian air force pilots weren't the only airmen able to sharpen their skills during Red Flag 09-5 here at Nellis Air Force Base. More than 100 airmen deployed here from Istrana Air Base, Italy, to maintain their fleet of 10 AMX surface attack aircraft used for close air support missions. Even

  • E-3 damaged while landing at Nellis AFB

    An E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system (AWACS) aircraft was damaged while landing at Nellis Air Force Base late in the evening Friday, Aug. 28. The aircraft, flown by the 552nd Air Control Wing, Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., is deployed to Nellis for Red Flag exercise 09-5 and was

  • Green Flag provides Italian Air Force new insight on close air support

    Italian Airmen sharpened their close air support skills in realistic combat conditions here during their first-ever exercise appearance at Green Flag West Aug. 9-20. Nearly 180 Italian Airmen from four different squadrons comprised the "Reparto Autonomo Volo," or Autonomous Flying Wing, at the 549th

  • Nellis weapons squadron deploys, saves lives in Afghanistan

    The 34th Weapons Squadron, the first U. S. Air Force Weapons School unit to be tasked to deploy in support of a real-world contingency operation, recently returned to the classroom after saving and evacuating 295 coalition force members during a 78-day operation. The unit, which flies the HH-60G

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