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  • Nellis services garner accolades from ACC, Air Force

    Team Nellis took home four best-in-the-Air-Force Services awards. From the 99th Services Squadron, Zina Cage was named Air Force Services Volunteer of the Year, the Air Force Services Air Reserve Component Senior NCO of the Year was Master Sgt. John Sorenson and Child Development Centers One and Two

  • Las Vegas fighter pilot appointed White House Fellow

    A U.S. Air Force major, a Las Vegas native most recently stationed at Nellis AFB and the first female pilot with the Thunderbirds, was appointed by President George W. Bush on June 26 to the 2008-2009 Class of White House Fellows in Washington D.C. Major Nicole Malachowski is one of 14 appointees,

  • RED HORSE engineers move full speed ahead during humanitarian mission

    A 64-member team of Air Force civil engineers are making speedy progress here in the completion of several construction projects supporting New Horizons - Peru 2008, a U.S. and Peruvian humanitarian efforts to bring relief to underprivileged Peruvians.The RED HORSE team, or Rapid Engineer Deployable

  • 341 Airmen selected for promotion

    The Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas notified Airmen across the service whether or not they made the grade, June 26, 2008. Between Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases, Tonopah Test Range, and Fort Irwin, Calif., a total of 341 Airmen were selected for promotion. Selectees

  • New rules give Airmen more choices in death gratuity benefit designation

    Beginning July 1, Airmen will be able to select one or more persons of their choosing to receive death gratuity benefits. "This is a significant change to the DG benefits election option for all Airmen," said Steven Kelley, director of Air and Space Expeditionary Force Operations at the Air Force

  • The circus comes to town

    More than 400 Nellis and Creech Airmen and dependents packed into the base theater for a performance by members of the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus June 20. The circus members visited the base before performing downtown in Las Vegas to show their support to the military by

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