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Nellis Air Force Base

Oct. 9, 2018
Temperature cools down as National Fire Prevention Week kicks off

National Fire Prevention Week kicks off this week at Nellis Air Force Base.
Oct. 5, 2018
NTTR conducts emergency evacuation exercise

The Nevada Test and Training Range headquarters personnel performed their annual emergency evacuation exercise Oct. 4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Oct. 3, 2018
Prosperity in the face of adversity

On a cold March night in 1995, a newborn baby girl was left swaddled on a dark and desolate bridge in Huai’an, China. Now, that abandoned child has grown and prospered into a 99th Aerospace Medical Squadron ophthalmic technician.
Oct. 1, 2018
Mental Health Airman wins Airlift/Tanker leadership award

The Air Combat Command selected Senior Airman Cederic Williams, a mental health technician assigned to the 99th Medical Operations Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, as the enlisted service member, who went on to win for 2018.
Sept. 28, 2018
POW/MIA day commemorated at Nellis

The National Prisoner of War and Missing in Action Recognition ceremony was held at 8 a.m., Sept. 21 in Freedom Park, here.National POW/MIA Day is observed on the third Friday of every September to remember service members who were captured during battle or who are still unaccounted for to this day.
Sept. 24, 2018
Nellis K-9 unit conducts live-fire training

99th Security Forces Squadron military working dog handlers conducted a live-fire exercise September 19 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Sept. 20, 2018
Ceremonial guardsmen ‘honor with dignity’

The mission of the Nellis Honor Guard is to represent the Air Force in a variety of ceremonial functions in Southern Nevada, California, Arizona and Utah. They are responsible for rendering military honors for funeral services and various Air Force ceremonies as well as provide their services at
Sept. 17, 2018
66th RQS remembers fallen Airmen 20 years later

The 66th Rescue Squadron (RQS) paid their respects to their fallen brothers during a memorial marking the 20th anniversary of their deaths. A total of 12 Airmen were lost when two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters, call signs Jolly 38 and Jolly 39, assigned to the 66th RQS were involved in a midair
Sept. 11, 2018
9/11 remembrance ceremony held at Nellis

Nellis Air Force Base Airmen came together during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center flag pole, Sept. 11, 2018. The ceremony remembered those who lost their lives and those who continue to support the eradication of terrorism throughout the world with the singing of the
Sept. 7, 2018
Mike Pence: ‘Humbled’ to return to Nellis AFB

Vice President Mike Pence left the humidity of the East to travel to the dry desert temperatures of the West for a morale visit with Nellis Airmen Sept. 7.