University Medical Center and Nellis go hand-in-hand in training pararescuemen

This year, the Las Vegas University Medical Center Trauma Center and the Nellis 58th Rescue Squadron located at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., teamed up to train Nellis' combat pararescue specialists under the title of "UMC Trauma Rotation." Every week, since early January 2007, at least two Nellis

Nellis makes upgrades to flightline

The Nellis flightline is getting a much-needed makeover that includes replacing a portion of a primary taxiway and installing new aircraft arresting systems. Although most people on Nellis won't notice the change, the people who will take note are the pilots and other Airmen who work on the

AF Thunderbirds kick off new season in style

The Air Force's 'Ambassadors in Blue' performed their spectacular show for Air Force and Nellis leaders and Nevada civic dignitaries during the annual Thunderbirds Acceptance Show March 16, signifying the start of their new tour season. More than 200 spectators gathered on the Nellis flightline to

Nellis hosts threat analysis working group

The 57th Information Aggressor Squadron will host the first-ever Information Operations Threat Analysis Working Group at the Threat Training Facility at Nellis March 27-29. This event brings together experts from 31 U.S. intelligence, research and development, and operational organizations to

Engineers discover culprit for e-mail outage

The cooling system in the Network Control Center broke Saturday afternoon and was the cause of the base-wide e-mail outage Monday. All network customers on Nellis and Creech were affected by the outage that forced the Network Control Center to shut down 136 out of 140 servers on the unclassified

Nellis takes next step in privatization with first house demolition

The demolition of the first of many houses on Nellis happened March 20 during a ceremony marking the start of privatized housing. The first house demolished was a duplex inside Manch Monor in Area II. Taking part in the ceremony was Nellis "Mayor," 99th Air Base Wing Commander Col. Michael Bartley,

Terrence Howard visits Nellis

First MQ-9 Reaper lands at Creech Air Force Base

Creech Air Force Base March 13 welcomed the first MQ-9 Reaper, a larger and much more  capable version of the MQ-1 Predator. The aircraft completed initial testing in Calif., then flew more than 250 miles in 2 hours to land at Creech. The aircraft was piloted by Lt. Col. Jon Greene, 42nd Attack

No injuries in Nellis F-16 crash

More information became available this morning into the F-16 crash that occurred on the Nevada Test and Training Range Monday night. An F-16C Falcon assigned to the 16th Weapons Squadron from the U.S. Air Force Weapons School here crashed at 8:50 p.m. near the end of the runway, while on approach to

Nellis F-16 crashes on Nevada Test and Training Range

 An F-16 aircraft assigned to Nellis Air Force Base crashed on the Nevada Test and Training Range at 8:50 p.m. March 12. The pilot ejected safely. The cause of the accident is under investigation.