USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Air Force to fly training missions over Pahrump

    Urban close air support training flown from Nellis Air Force Base will take place over Pahrump in southern Nevada Nov. 27 -29, 2007. Urban close air support integrates aircraft in support of ground operations by attacking targets in close proximity to friendly troops. The training missions will be

  • Red Flag wraps up

    More than 1,500 people, 21 units, and 107 aircraft from around the world participated in Red Flag 08-1, a two-week-long large-scale flying exercise conducted by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center, that ended Nov. 2 here. Red Flag is a realistic combat training exercise involving U.S. and allied

  • Creech welcomes newest UAV detachment to the war on terrorism

    The 53rd Test Management Group, Detachment 4, stood up Nov. 1 at Creech AFB, Nev. Col. Thomas Berghoff, 53rd TMG commander, presided over the ceremony to welcome Maj. Keith Turner as commander of the detachment. The unit falls under the 53rd TMG, based out of Eglin AFB, Fla. With approximately 10

  • Airman Leadership School graduates, class 07-G

    The following Airmen graduated from Airman Leadership School on Oct. 25. There were five distinguished graduates, one John Levitow Award winner, one academic award winner and one leadership award winner.FALCON FLIGHTStaff Sgt. Rosa Soria, 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron, leadership award,

  • 99th Medical Group ready to combat 'slime'

    ALARM RED, MOPP 4! ALARM RED, MOPP 4! - Training how to react to chemical, biological, radioactive, nuclear and explosive attacks is an ongoing process for all Airmen no matter where they're assigned. For Airmen of the 99th Medical Group, being able to respond to a CBRNE attack is critical to saving

  • 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

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