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Annual awards gone wild

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Aimee Klarmann and Senior Airman Justin Sharp, 99th Communications Squadron annual award winners, survey a park map with their guide during a backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 19, 2019. The trip covered 26 miles and exposed the Airmen to four natural biomes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Kleinholz)
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Annual awards gone wild

Annual award winners assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron cross a steep, snow-packed section during a backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 20, 2019. Cautious and deliberate movements were necessary in snow-packed areas due to the risk of steep falls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Kleinholz)
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Annual awards gone wild

Annual award winners assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron cross a steep, snow-packed section during a backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 20, 2019. Cautious and deliberate movements were necessary in snow-packed areas due to the risk of steep falls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Kleinholz)
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Annual awards gone wild

Annual award winners assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron cross a steep, snow-packed section during a backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 20, 2019. Cautious and deliberate movements were necessary in snow-packed areas due to the risk of steep falls. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Kleinholz)
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Annual awards gone wild

Annual award winners assigned to the 99th Communications Squadron cross a section of alpine flatland during a backpacking trip across the Continental Divide in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, July 20, 2019. At such extreme elevations, harsh winds and low oxygen levels make it impossible for trees to grow. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joshua Kleinholz)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presents pararescuemen with bronze stars

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen awards a Bronze Star with valor to Staff Sgt. Asher Woodhouse, 58th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, April 13. Sergeant Woodhouse is one of three pararescuemen awarded the Bronze Star for their heroic actions while rescuing American Soldiers last year in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presents pararescuemen with bronze stars

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen addresses the Nellis rescue community before awarding the Bronze Star with valor to three 58th Rescue Squadron pararescuemen April 13. Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Hedglin, Tech. Sgt. Ryan Manjuck, and Staff Sgt. Asher Woodhouse all received the Bronze Star for their heroic actions while rescuing American Soldiers last year in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presents pararescuemen with bronze stars

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen congratulates Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Hedglin after awarding him a Bronze Star with valor April 13. Sergeant Hedglin is one of three pararescuemen awarded the Bronze Star for their heroic actions while rescuing American Soldiers last year in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth)
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Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen presents pararescuemen with bronze stars

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. -- Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Navy Adm. Mike Mullen awards a Bronze Star with valor to Tech. Sgt. Ryan Manjuck, 58th Rescue Squadron pararescueman, April 13. Sergeant Manjuck is one of three pararescuemen awarded the Bronze Star for their heroic actions while rescuing wounded American Soldiers last year in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Holzworth)
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Dental excellence

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. – Dr. Dennis Shinbori, a California Dental Association board member, presents Capt. (Dr.) Karen Zabrowski, a resident dentist at the Advanced Education of General Dentistry course at Nellis, the first place certificate for its annual table clinic competition. Dr. Zabrowski was awarded first place out of 44 delegates from the Air Force, Navy and Veteran’s Affairs, for her presentation on the removal of “Chemomechanical Caries in Pediatric Patients.” (courtesy photo)
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Excellence In Action

Staff Sgt. Christy M. Fradette was presented the "Excellence in Action” award for February.
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Flying Cross With Valor

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hyatt presents the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor to Master Sgt. Joshua D. Fetters, 34th Weapons Squadron flight engineer June 15, 2011, at the 763rd Maintenance hangar. Sergeant Fetters received the medal for evacuating injured soldiers from a Taliban stronghold while returning enemy fire May 19, 2009, in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster)
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Flying Cross With Valor

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hyatt presents the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor to Maj. Keith Altenhofen, 561st Joint Tactics Squadron instructor pilot, June 15, 2011, at the 763rd Maintenance hangar. Major Altenhofen received the medal for repeatedly placing himself in the line of enemy fire to rescue injured soldiers May 19, 2009, in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster)
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Flying Cross With Valor

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.--U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. James Hyatt presents the Distinguished Flying Cross with valor to Tech. Sgt. Christian Corella, 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron aerial gunner, June 15, 2011, at the 763rd Maintenance hangar. Sergeant Corella received the award for placing himself directly in the line of danger and returning enemy fire while evacuating an Afghan national and 40 U.S. Special Forces soldiers May 19, 2009, in Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Matthew Lancaster)
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Nellis Airmen honored

Staff Sgt. David Lance, Staff Sgt. Jeremiah Grisham, and Staff Sgt. Dustin Heines, all with 99th Civil Engineers Squadron Explosive Ordinance Flight, were presented with Bronze Star Medals in a ceremony held in the Explosive Ordinance Disposal Flight Building Equipment Bay Sep.18, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Erin Worley)
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Nellis Capt. receives Bronze Star

Capt. Maria Moss received a Bronze Star for her outstanding service in Afghanistan from May 2006 to May 2007 in a ceremony held in Kabul, Afghanistan, May 1.
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Nellis MSgt named Lance P. Sijan award winner

Master Sgt. Janell McGivern, 823rd Maintenance Squadron production superintendent, was named the winner of the 2014 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award in the senior enlisted category. During a year-long deployment in 2013, McGivern advised a rotary wing squadron consisting of 48 Afghan air force members on how to maintain a fleet from the ground up. (Courtesy photo)
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Nellis Solar Power Team receives 2008 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award

General Norton Schwartz, U.S. Air Force chief of staff, awards the 2008 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award to the Nellis Solar Power Team at the Omnishore Hotel, Washington DC, Sep. 16. Pictured from left to right are James Snook, Air Force Civil Engineer Support Agency, Gene Rogers, Nellis deputy base civil engineer, Jeffrey Blazi, Nellis AFB utility manager, Lt. Col. Karen White, AFCESA, Gen. Schwartz, Steven Dumont, Air Combat Command, Tomas White, ACC, David Robledo, Nellis project contracting officer. Members not pictured are Lynn Haarklau, National Environmental Policy Act manager, and Michelle Price, Nellis energy manager. (courtesy photo)
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Operation Iraqi Freedom

Master Sgt. Darrin Goetchius, 763rd Maintenance Squadron production superintendent, receives a Bronze Star Medal from Lt. Col. Richard Donnelly, 563rd Rescue Group Operating Location Alpha deputy commander, on October 9, 2008 for meritorious service in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Sergeant Goetchius was deployed to Taji, Iraq from May 2007-2008. (U.S Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Taylor Worley)
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Pilot aids downed colleague after mid-air collision

Capt. Gregory Farrell, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcon operational test instructor pilot, poses for a photo at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., May 13, 2014. Farrell was recently awarded the Aviation Safety Well Done Award for responding to a mid-air collision while he was flying a training mission over the Atlantic Ocean in August 2013. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Siuta B. Ika)
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