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  • RED HORSE returns

    The first group consisting of 130 servicemembers from the 820th and the 555th RED HORSE Squadrons returned to Nellis Oct. 22 after a seven-month-long deployment. Returnees arrived shortly after midnight, but, due to the Red Flag exercise currently underway at Nellis, the welcoming didn't take place

  • Nellis activates 926th Reserve Group

    A new Air Force Reserve group will be activated today during a ceremony at the Officers' Club. The 926th Group, which was officially established on August 17, is a classic associate unit to the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, and a perfect example of Total Force Integration. "TFI places highly

  • Det. commander conquers career milestone

    A Nellis pilot entered into F-15 "Eagle" history when he completed a testing mission Oct. 19, pushing his total flight hours in the F-15 A-D to more than 3,000. Col. Jimmy Clark, Detachment 6 commander, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, hit this monumental milestone that has been 26

  • Large-scale flying exercise kicks off Monday

    Southern Nevada residents may notice an increase in military aircraft activity starting Monday and continuing through Nov. 2 as another large scale flying exercise, Red Flag, takes place here. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving the air forces of the United States and its

  • Global War on Terror milestone: Reapers fly in Afghanistan

    The 42nd Attack Squadron's MQ-9 Reaper, one of Creech AFB's unmanned aircraft, has completed more than a dozen missions in Afghanistan since its inaugural flight in theater Sept. 25, averaging about one sortie per day. Capable of striking enemy targets with on-board weapons, the Reaper has conducted

  • New fuel station saves time at the pump

    Members of the 57th Equipment Maintenance Squadron's Munitions Flight gathered Oct. 10 to officially "cut the ribbon" on a newly installed 500-gallon diesel fuel tank in a ceremony held at building 2348 here. Airmen from the Munitions Line Delivery Element stand to benefit the most from the new

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