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  • From Big Apple to Las Vegas: Lajes Airman realizes Thunderbirds dream

    Riding in his father's New York City taxi cab as a young boy, Gustavo Cifuentes saw an Air Force Thunderbird for the first time. To his surprise, the uniquely styled F-16 wasn't flying overhead, but rather on static display on one of the city's most famous streets. "The Thunderbirds somehow managed

  • Start home-based business by providing family child care

    Changing diapers, creating meal plans, conducting learning sessions and making playtime fun are just some of the many tasks family child care providers take on. The FCC program exists to help military spouses create their own businesses at a very minimal cost to them.Requirements for becoming a

  • FSS activities offer military community great opportunities, savings

    The bright lights of the Las Vegas strip are an attractive and alluring sight for Airmen stationed here, but it's not the only place for fun activities and entertainment. There are many facilities on base that offer incredible deals and programs, but they need the community's support to keep them

  • Active-shooter exercise catches participants off guard

    It happens so fast. "Even when you know there is an active shooter bearing down on you, and you've spent most of an evening preparing yourself, you can't really react," said 1st Lt. Melissa Baird, a 99th Medical Operational Squadron gastroenterology nurse. "I was more scared than I expected and

  • Airman gives nudge toward classics modeling while helping charity

    Military members often help their local communities with volunteer work, but one Nellis Airman is aiding her favorite charities as an old-fashioned pin-up model.Staff Sgt. Destini English, 99th Medical Operation Squadron mental health flight technician, is using her off-duty time to take place in

  • What We See But Don’t Understand

    Being a first term Airmen and an air traffic control apprentice at Nellis AFB is no easy task. Even with over a hundred hours of training, it's very easy to forget that the tiny aircraft targets seen on the radar screen are actually massive aircraft, each with more components and intricate parts

  • Water hazards: summer’s silent killer

    With temperatures in the triple digits and the risk of heat related incidents rising, nothing could be better than a little water, right?Wrong. As summer temperature rise, so do water-related mishaps. Each year, Las Vegas statistics for accidental drowning rise during the pool season. In fact,

  • Seminar teaches Airmen to develop bulletproof minds

    Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. David Grossman presented his Bulletproof Mind lecture to approximately 150 Nellis Airmen Aug. 18, 2011, in the base theater at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Grossman, a former Airborne Ranger infantry officer and paratrooper and author of "On Killing," "On Combat," and a

  • A History of Excellence

    History is what helps us as a people learn from mistakes and shape our future in a way that improves society. The gatekeepers of this vast amount of knowledge are knows as historians. In the military, historians act as the record-keepers and the authorities on major event, involving units or

  • JROTC cadets get taste of active-duty life

    The first day of their military career is also the most remembered for a majority of service members. A heightened sense of fear and nervousness due to not knowing what to expect is what most new recruits feel when they begin their military journey. Then it gets worse when the Military Training