HomeNews

USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Hepatitis C scare - Nellis update

    1,800 local Department of Defense, veteran and retired personnel were notified March 5, to be screened for hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV. This came after the alleged unsafe practices of a few key endoscopy centers in Southern Nevada, which Nellis personnel were referred to by TriWest. The centers

  • New requirement for ACC military motorcycle riders

    Nellis Air Force Base will be enforcing a new Air Combat Command supplement for motorcycle riders beginning March 31. Air Combat Command Supplement to Air Force Instruction 91-207 requires that after completion of a required motorcycle safety course, all Department of Defense civilian workers and

  • Renters caught in foreclosure actions have some options

    It's like a bad dream. The house that you have been renting has been foreclosed, the bank has taken possession of the property, and you have been given only three days to move out. In Las Vegas, one of the areas hit hardest by the nation's housing market slump, this situation is a reality for many

  • 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron wins 2007 Daedalian Award

    The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron earned the "2007 Air Combat Command Major General Warren R. Carter Logistics Effectiveness Award," also known as the Daedalian Award, for providing outstanding logistics support for the command. "Congratulations to the hard-working professionals of the 99th

  • SeaWorld's "World of Discovery Tour" brings cheer to Nellis children

    More than 300 Nellis children made some new, exotic friends at the Nellis Air Force Base Youth Center March 20, when SeaWorld's Animal Ambassador Team visited the base as part of SeaWorld San Diego's "Shamu's Worlds of Discovery Tour." The tour, which travels to nine different schools and public

  • Nellis to kick off Air Force Assistance Fund drive

    The Air Force Assistance Fund drive, which benefits active duty, reserve, guard, retirees, surviving spouses and families, kicks off March 31 and will run through May 9. Nellis Air Force Base's goal this year is to raise $139,000. "This is an important fund to donate to because the money comes back

  • Nellis environmental grove to be renamed, rededicated

    The environmental grove at Nellis will be rededicated to Maj. Gen. Billy McCoy April 3, from 10 to 11 a.m. General McCoy was commander of the U.S. Air Force Fighter Weapons Center, which is now known as the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. The ceremony, which will take place at the grove pavilion,

  • Ribbon-cutting marks opening of Nellis’ privatized housing

    The first unit of the Landings at Nellis privatized family housing was dedicated here in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday. Karen Apple and 4-year-old Juliana Ollis cut the ribbon to the new home. Mrs. Apple, the daughter of the third Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Richard D. Kisling, cut the

  • Nellis commemorates National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month

    The American Cancer Society has estimated that in 2008, more than 150,000 Americans will be diagnosed and 50,000 will die form colorectal cancer, better known as colon cancer, a disease that is largely preventable, treatable and beatable. In order to raise America's awareness of the third most

Videos

USAFWC & Nellis Top Stories