FEATURES

  • Lone female gunner aims high

    Fresh out of training, Airman 1st Class Natasha Libby, 66th Rescue Squadron aerial gunner, is the only female aerial gunner assigned to the 66th RQS. Libby, the younger of two children, bore great responsibility growing up and working on her family's farm in Yakima, Wash. Libby graduated from East

  • Spiritual resiliency keeps Airmen focused

    For the past few years Air Force senior leaders have been looking to create and maintain a certain type of Airman. Their aim was to train and retain Airmen who are resilient and readily deployable to meet any contingency operation tasked by the Department of Defense. The new approach, called

  • Nellis celebrates life of one of its best

    On Dec. 7, 1941, a boy named Billy R. Sparks was celebrating his seventh birthday in the small quiet community of Hardyville, Ky. Born to parents Coy and Kathleen Sparks, Billy became a student of military history at a relatively young age, studying the Civil War and other U.S. conflicts in order to

  • True resilience: How a Korean orphan became an American Airman

    Someone once told Tech. Sgt. Holly Mays that people either completely forget or vividly remember their most traumatic experiences. That's the only way she can explain her fragmented recollections of the day she became an orphan, at less than two years old. It was roughly 37 years ago when two women

  • Security Forces defend the base

    The 380th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron Airmen work tirelessly to ensure every aspect of the wing is protected at all times through the use of modern technology and vigilance. "We have our force protection escorts who take care of people from the inside and our defenders, out on the posts

  • New ATC Airmen determined to succeed

    Because of Nellis AFB's unique mission within Air Combat Command, there are times when it feels as though there are more fighter jets streaking across the blue skies than there are birds. As the home of prestigious air combat establishments like the U.S. Air Force Weapons School and Red Flag and

  • Western, Eastern medicines meet in acupuncture clinic

    The Mike O'Callaghan Federal Medical Center is where Western and Eastern medicines meet to bring the best medical care to the Nellis community. One of the alternative treatments offered at O'Callaghan is the ancient practice of acupuncture. The acupuncture clinic is located in family medicine

  • Sunrise Vista offers Nellis golfers an oasis

    It's 8 a.m. and already there are at least a dozen golfers across the course getting in a round before the heat of the day arrives. The sights and sounds of F-15s taking off just about where the golf course starts don't seem to bother the regulars.A green oasis in the desert, the Nellis Sunrise

  • Logistics moves Red Flag to success

    With each Red Flag, Nellis AFB and its surrounding community see and hear jets take off for weeks, training for future combat missions. But one of the most important elements of every Red Flag is who keeps these exercises moving behind the scenes. The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron is unique in

  • Sergeant experiences life as a crew chief

    As she bounded off the aircraft ramp, an F-16 Fighting Flacon taxied away in the opposite direction. She wore a grin from ear-to-ear. She took off her sunglass while a few of the crew chiefs asked about her experience. As she fixed her mouth to answer the only word she was able to come up with was,