FEATURES

  • High-tech loss prevention safeguards Airmen’s exchange benefit

    With a dual enduring mission to provide quality merchandise and services at competitively low prices and generate earnings to support Morale, Welfare and Recreation programs, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service is enlisting the support of the latest in loss prevention technology to protect

  • New patch reflects Weapons School's expansion, new courses

    "Weapons Officers," graduates from the United States Air Force Weapons School, now include Airmen from a variety of weapons systems and 21 different weapons instructor courses--a fact that is reflected in the Weapons School group patch adopted in April 2008. From the Weapons School's origins in

  • New sign lights way for holidays

    As the holiday season rolled in, a new design decorated the billboard at the main entrance to Nellis AFB. Glowing warmly from its surface are five advent, nine menorah and seven kwanza candles. This is the work of Mary Jo Wheeler, retired master sergeant and presently a 99th Communications Squadron

  • Got Milk?

    Some of the fondest childhood memories of most families was when they would gather together in the kitchen and make cookies. Rolling each batch of cookie dough; adding sprinkles to the recently frosted sugar cookies; all while Christmas music is blaring in the background. Nothing says the holiday

  • All I want for Christmas is new locker rooms

    When is it OK for a guy to walk into a female locker room without knocking? Why, anytime under the "locker rooms renovation contingency plan" of course. An abundance of bright tape and signs that have nothing to do with holiday decorations posted about the Nellis Sports and Fitness Center make it

  • Man and dog fight crime together

    Protection, safety and trust are a few aspects that form the basis of a successful bond for any crime-fighting team, especially that of a Security Forces Military Working Dog member and his or her partner. It was more than three years ago when Staff Sgt. Kenneth Williams, 99th Security Forces

  • Nellis Airman paints mural at entrance

    Previous 99th Air Base Wing leadership left behind the legacy of allowing Airmen to submit designs and paint the entrance sign at the Nellis AFB main gate. One Airman from the 820th Red Horse Squadron was happy to jump at the chance even if the task had to be completed just one week shy of her

  • Ease stress of holiday travel with space-A

    The underlying theme of this year has been the economy as rising and lowering of gas prices, food and the unpredictable stock markets have left many families struggling to break even. Unfortunately, the prices of airline tickets are on the rise as well. For a flight during Thanksgiving week, the

  • Fighting cancer with smile

    Sometimes breast cancer comes unexpected - no family history, no medical predisposition, no prolonged exposure to harmful environments, and at a young age. Just like that, Master Sgt. Tammie Davis, non-commissioned officer in charge of equipment accountability office with the 99th Logistics