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  • Proper documents save time at Social Security Card Center

    A Social Security card and number are essential for life in 21st century America. That is why Social Security wants to make sure that Airmen and their loved ones applying for a new or replacement Social Security card understand the new rules on what identifying documents are required. Lines are long at the Las Vegas Social Security Card Center and
  • Nellis AFB, Nev., Warrior of the Week Airman 1st Class Kristina Cantu, 99th Medical Support Squadron, diet therapist

    Warrior of the Week

    Airman 1st Class Kristina Cantu is the Nellis Air Force Base Warrior of the Week. She is a diet therapist with the 99th Medical Support Squadron. Time in Air Force: One year, five months Time at Nellis: One year Hometown: I was a military brat ... right now it is Manhattan, Kan. What do you do? I work in an outpatient nutrition clinic teaching
  • Ambrosia Banda, wife of Airman 1st Class Steven Banda of the 57th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, places a piece of the puzzle into the overall mission display during the Heart-Link Air Force 101 course for spouses. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Nadine Barclay)

    Nellis spouses graduate from Air Force 101

    They listened, they learned and they graduated with high honors. Eighteen military spouses, some very new and some veterans to the military, were invited to attend Heart-Link -- an Air Force 101 course designed to educate family members on the mission of the Air Force -- a five-hour orientation on the mission of Nellis armed with mountains of

  • Welcome Home program helps returning Airmen with deployment stresses

    Airmen returning from Iraq, Afghanistan, Kuwait or other areas involved in the Global War on Terrorism often find things have changed emotionally within their families, and they are confronted with the stresses of readjusting to their home-front. As a part of working through this readjustment, they are offered the opportunity to express their

  • Nellis 'Volunteer of the Year' selected

    As far as volunteers go ... she is the best of the best. Maj. Denise Hamilton, 57th Adversary Tactics Group assistant director of operations for training, was selected as the Nellis Volunteer of the Year. She received the award based on her outstanding contributions to the 99th Air Base Wing's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program as a
  • Senior Airman Joseph McTaggart's before and after photo while deployed to Manas, Kyrgyzstan. (courtesy photo)

    Biggest loser from Nellis drops 80 pounds

    What a loser! But this time, it's a good thing. Senior Airman Joseph McTaggart, a 22-year-old 99th Services Squadron culinary artist, while on deployment to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, recently lost 83 pounds and said he is very comfortable where he is now. "My goal now [at 167 pounds] is to not exceed 170," said Airman McTaggart. "And I know I can
  • Lt. Cmdr. Michael Wosje, 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron F-22 pilot, conducts a pre-flight inspection on Nellis’ newest edition to the Raptor family. “I got to fly this one in as soon as it was completed from the assembly line from Marietta, Ga.,” said Commander Wosje. He is the only Navy pilot flying the Raptor for the Air Force.(U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Brian Ybarbo)

    'Top Gun' instructor helps with Raptor integration

    What do you say when the Air Force chief of staff asks you to be the first F-22 pilot for the Navy? In Navy Lt. Cmdr. Michael Wosje's case, it was, "How could I refuse?" In a program that lets Navy pilots jump ship to train and integrate with the Air Force, this F/A-18C Hornet pilot from the U.S.S. Ronald Reagan is flying high in the nation's
  • (left) Senior Airman Arun Sebastian and Airman 1st Class Demontinez Watts, both fire truck maintenance technicians for the vehicle management flight, pull a water-dispensing pipe from a fire truck to get to a malfunctioning power take-off control valve. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Travis Edwards)

    Largest vehicle repair flight in Air Combat Command services more than 100 makes and models

    What does it mean to be the biggest and the best vehicle maintenance flight in Air Combat Command? It means servicing a fleet of more than 1,300 motor vehicles with more than 100 different makes and models. The 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron Vehicle Maintenance Flight is made up of 131 Airmen revved up and raring to diagnose and fix any
  • Capt. Alex Keller, flight doctor, checks the blood pressure of his patient, Staff Sgt. Marvelle Canford, a mission controller for the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron, for his initial flight physical. Being a flight doctor means Captain Keller also has to routinely work in the Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital during sick call.

    Flight doctor saves life on commercial plane

    "Is there a doctor on board?" the overhead system announced on a flight from Georgia to Nevada Dec. 20 For the second time in two months, Capt. Alex Keller, M.D., pushed his button to signal the flight attendant. A woman in her 40s with a pre-existing medical condition was in need of oxygen. Captain Keller, 58th Rescue Squadron flight surgeon,
  • Airmen and their familes using home wireless networks may be leaving themselves open to hackers. The wireless security manager at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., said more than half of the personal Wi-fi networks on base are not protected. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Andrew Dumboski)

    Unsecured networks open door for hackers, spies

    As technology develops, prices drop, and gadgets become faster and more accessible. The development of the Internet and the many ways the world communicates follows. Throughout the 1990's, the unmistakable sound of beeping mixed with static was one that residents could sing along to as their modem "dialed on" to the Internet. As high-speed Internet
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