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  • Nellis Airmen locate missing aircraft

    The Civil Air Patrol has ended its participation in an interagency effort to locate an overdue aircraft in the Sierra Nevada Mountain Range, May 1. Wreckage spotted by a U.S. Air Force Pavehawk rescue helicopter from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., in Mono County, Calif., has been verified as the

  • First-ever Nellis AFB Energy Summit a success

    More than 100 leaders in the world of renewable energy came together for the first-ever Nellis AFB Energy Summit held April 28 at Las Vegas' Historic Fifth Street School. Nellis hosted the Energy Summit to provide an opportunity for Department of Defense representatives to meet with renewable energy

  • Team Nellis awarded money for improvement projects

    Secretary of the Air Force Michael M. Donley announced team Nellis-Creech as the runner-up to Hurlburt Field, Fla., for the Commander in Chief Installation Excellence Award, April 23. The Nellis-Creech team will receive $500,000 for various quality of life improvement projects. "All the wings and

  • Nellis leaders hold summit to discuss 'compatible green projects'

    More than 100 industry experts and military leaders from Nellis will gather tomorrow to discuss compatible renewable energy initiatives during the 2009 Nellis Energy Summit held at the Historic Fifth Street School in Las Vegas. Hosted by senior military members from Nellis, the summit will address a

  • Military officials monitor swine flu

    Defense Department officials are monitoring the swine flu situation closely, with their primary focus on protecting the military population, a senior Pentagon official said April 27. As officials with the Department of Health and Human Services lead the U.S. effort, the military is posturing itself

  • Army Chinook airlifts fighter from Nellis to Creech

    The world's slowest F-15 Eagle fighter aircraft, traveling less than 80 mph, landed at Creech from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. approximately 7:30 a.m., April 22. The fighter was previously assigned to the 57th Wing and was suspended underneath an Army CH-47 Chinook helicopter, assigned to the 1st of

  • A-10 pilot reaches 3000 in the "Hawg"

    It's said the A-10 warthog is one of the most tenacious aircraft of this era, so it stands to reason it would have an equally tenacious pilot at the controls. Pilot, Lt. Col. Drew "Baker" English, test director for the 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and member of

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