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  • Medical group helps Nevada open first processing center

    Nellis participated in the first-ever processing of recruits for the U.S. military in state of Nevada during the commencement ceremony of the new Satellite Outlying Area Processing Station Oct. 7.The first five enlisted and officer candidate Navy recruits processed through the station as part of the

  • Nellis begins water pipe construction

    In an effort to improve Nellis Air Force Base's infrastructure, the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron has begun a $5 million project to install approximately six miles of new domestic water main pipe along Tyndall Avenue. The new pipe will run from the Tyndall Gate entrance near Freedom Park to the

  • Nellis Airmen house families in need

    Ten members of the 547th Intelligence Squadron recently spent a day volunteering here in Las Vegas with Habitat for Humanity. Airman 1st Class Creighton Nelson, an advanced tactics analyst, headed up the event."I think it's important for us to get out there and show the community we care," he said.

  • Justice File: Legal Office releases September courts-martial, UCMJ actions

    Editor's note: Each month, the legal office publishes the results of actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice completed during the previous month. Specific individuals are not identified.Article 15 Actions: During September 2010, Nellis and Creech commanders administered 13 non-judicial

  • Nellis welcomes home RED HORSE from deployment

    More than 150 Airmen assigned to the 820th RED HORSE Squadron returned home from an eight-month deployment to various bases in Southwest Asia Oct. 5.The Airmen were greeted by RED HORSE leadership on the flightline and transported to the RED HORSE assembly hangar where they reunited with friends and

  • Warfare Center historian becomes part of history

    Every year, Air Force historians work diligently to record the accomplishments and events of their respective units in hundreds of pages worth of documents; however, it is not often that the recording individual is part of that very history.Maj. Gen. Ted Kresge, USAFWC commander presented Mr.

  • Commentary - Safe winter driving

    Although Las Vegas doesn't ever seem to get really cold, there is still a winter season. During this winter season, there are some important things to remember that may have been put on the back shelf over the past nine months or so. One of the most important things to take off that shelf and dust

  • RED HORSE meets its match

    The commander of the 820th RED HORSE Squadron gave a mission brief and met with team members from a NASCAR truck racing team here Sept. 24 as part of an orientation between the Red Horse Racing team and the "red horse" squadron. "This was great for morale in our unit," Col. Darren Daniel said during

  • Nellis breaks ground for new Fitness Center

    Nellis Air Force Base commanders and the City of North Las Vegas leaders broke ground on a state-of-the-art 109,000 square-foot Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED)-certified fitness center being constructed on the base, Sept. 29.The new facility will be 2 1/2 times larger than the

  • Commentary - Smoke Alarms: a sound you can live with

    Eleven years ago when I was a junior in high school, I came home one day to a sound that helped save my family. We've all heard the sound either at work or at home. "Beep!! Beep!! Beep!!"--the shrill shrieking of a smoke alarm.I yelled the typical salutation, "MOM! I'M HOME!" When there was no

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