USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Bamboo Eagle: ‘Upping our game’ for Great Power Competition

    Exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3 integrated U.S. Airmen, Guardians, Sailors, Marines, and allies from Australia and the United Kingdom into a combined force to train for a possible conflict in the era of Great Power Competition. The exercise conducted live-fly operations in the eastern Pacific and a

  • 58th RQS Airman receives Airman’s Medal

    U.S. Air Force Col. Scott Mills, commander of the 355th Wing at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base (AFB), gives opening remarks at an Airman’s Medal award ceremony at Nellis AFB, Nevada, Aug. 26, 2024. Mills is responsible for organizing, training and equipping a wing comprised of 25 squadrons to provide

  • 6th CTS, USMC joint integration exercise

    From left, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Colin Whitworth, Staff Sgt. Benjamin McFatridge, 6th Combat Training Squadron joint terminal attack control instructors, and U.S. Marine Corps Maj. Matthew Lowery, fires and effects coordinator for the 1st Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, discuss operations

  • Nellis AFB 57th Wing Quarterly Award Winners

    U.S. Air Force Col. Ethan Sabin, left, the 57th Wing deputy commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Jason Trickey, right, the 57th Wing command chief, present the Civilian Category III of the Quarter award to Johnchristopher Harback, the 57th Operations Support Squadron training and standardization

  • Air Force examines emerging tactics during Bamboo Eagle

    More than 10,000 personnel from the Department of Defense, the United Kingdom, and Australia participated in exercise Bamboo Eagle 24-3, a combat-representative exercise including operational test and evaluation experts from the 605th Test and Evaluation Squadron. The OT&E experts’ mission was to

  • Nellis maintainers rescue five lives from Zion flash flood

    What started out as a normal hiking trip to Zion National Park for seven Airmen from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, turned out to be a life-changing moment, not only for them but for the group of hikers they saved on Aug. 17.

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Nellis AFB during Bamboo Eagle 24-3

    U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Allvin, left, and Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi, the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) commander, walk on the flightline after a flight during Bamboo Eagle (BE) 24-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 5, 2024. BE 24-3 is a USAFWC exercise that

  • USAFWC change of command ceremony

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Ken Wilsbach, commander of the Air Combat Command, passes the guidon to Maj. Gen. Christopher Niemi, incoming commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center (USAFWC) during the USAFWC change of command ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 2, 2024. The symbolic flag

  • Assistant SAF/IE visits Nellis AFB

    Dr. Ravi Chaudhary, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Energy, Installations, and Environment (SAF/IE), speaks to the 57th Wing and 99th Air Base Wing leadership during a visit to Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 31, 2024. SAF/IE provides guidance, direction, and oversight for all matters

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