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U.S. Army, Air Force team up for joint exercise

Seven C-130J Super Hercules aircraft taxi after landing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev., as part of Joint Forcible Entry exercise June 21, 2014. The aircraft were used to help Airmen and Soldiers from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and visiting units enhance service cohesiveness while allowing the opportunity to properly execute large scale heavy equipment and troop movement. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Stephani Schafer/Released)
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U.S. Army, Air Force team up for joint exercise

A U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II flies during a USAF Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry exercise June 21, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The JFE tests aircrews on executing a sortie in a dynamic threat environment within the ground commander’s required time frame. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Tam)
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U.S. Army, Air Force team up for joint exercise

A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster lands during a USAF Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry exercise June 21, 2014, at the Nevada Test and Training Range. The JFE is the USAFWS culminating advanced integration phase sortie for the C-17 and C-130 weapons instructor courses. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Tam)
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U.S. Army, Air Force team up for joint exercise

Jumpers from the U.S. Army 82nd Airborne Division, Fort Bragg, N.C., parachute out of a C-17 Globemaster during a U.S. Air Force Weapons School Joint Forcible Entry exercise June 21, 2014, over the Nevada Test and Training Range. The 82nd Airborne Division participated in the exercise for a joint integration with the U.S. Air Force to set the entry conditions for the forcible entry. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christopher Tam)
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U.S. Navy participates in Red Flag 09-5

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- U.S. Navy Airman Jimmy Main, an EA-6B Prowler flight captain from Electronic Attack Squadron 133, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., salutes Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Richards during a Red Flag 09-5 sortie launch Aug. 24. Red Flag is a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas are participating in Red Flag 09-5 along with allied forces from Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman/Released)
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U.S. Navy participates in Red Flag 09-5

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.-- U.S. Navy Airman Fabian Lopez, a flight captain from Electronic Attack Squadron 133, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., prepares to launch an EA-6B Prowler piloted by Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Richards, during a Red Flag 09-5 sortie Aug. 24. Red Flag is a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas are participating in Red Flag 09-5 along with allied forces from Italy and the United Arab Emirates. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Brett Clashman/Released)
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UAE participates in first Red Flag

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nev.-- An F-16E from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, lands at Nellis Air Force Base following a Red Flag 09-5 training mission Aug. 26. This is the first time the nation has participated in Red Flag--a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. In addition to the United Arab Emirates, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas; as well as allied forces from Italy are participating in Red Flag 09-5. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)
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UAE participates in first Red Flag

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nev.-- An F-16E from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates, takes off for a training mission during Red Flag 09-5 Aug. 26. This is the first time the nation has participated in Red Flag--a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. In addition to the United Arab Emirates, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas; as well as allied forces from Italy are participating in Red Flag 09-5. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)
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UAE participates in first Red Flag

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nev.-- An F-16E from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates takes off for a training mission during Red Flag 09-5 Aug. 26. This is the first time the nation has participated in Red Flag--a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. In addition to the United Arab Emirates, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas; as well as allied forces from Italy are participating in Red Flag 09-5. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)
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UAE participates in first Red Flag

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE Nev.-- An F-16E from Al Dhafra Air Base, United Arab Emirates takes off for a training mission during Red Flag 09-5 Aug. 26. This is the first time the nation has participated in Red Flag--a realistic air combat training exercise conducted over the 15,000-square-mile Nevada Test and Training Range north of Las Vegas. The two-week exercise is administered through the 414th Combat Training Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base and is just one in a series of advanced training programs offered by the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center. In addition to the United Arab Emirates, U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marines Corps units from Nevada, Massachusetts, Utah, Louisiana, California, Washington, Oklahoma, Florida and Kansas; as well as allied forces from Italy are participating in Red Flag 09-5. The exercise ends Sept. 4. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael R. Holzworth/Released)
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UEI Capstone

From Nov. 1 through 7, Air Combat Command’s Inspector General team will be at Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases for the UEI Capstone to rate how effective each base is in performing and completing its mission. The Capstone marks the end of the current UEI inspection cycle and validates a wing’s CCIP, or commander’s inspection program, and rates the wing on four major graded areas: managing resources, leading people, improving the unit and executing the mission. For more information on the November UEI capstone, contact the 99th Air Base Wing Inspector General’s office at 702-652-2535. (U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Siuta B. Ika)
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U.S. Army flying crew chief assigned to the 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment sets up the forward area refueling point with two MH-47 aircraft at the Delmar desert landing strip, Nev., Dec. 2. The forward area refueling site was enabled by special tactics Airmen providing security at the landing zone and was conducted within a highly contested environment with an AC-130U providing close air support. (U.S. Air Force photo by Major Richie Harr)
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A U-28 assigned to the U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s 14th Weapons Squadron flies enroute to the Delmar desert landing zone, Nev., Dec. 2. A U.S. Army MH-47, (blades, foreground) assigned to 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment awaits at forward area refueling point, while a 14th WPS, AC-130U provides close air support. The 14th WPS hosted 17 diverse units and other government agencies during a hostage rescue exercise, as part of the USAF Weapons School Integration phase.
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Personnel assigned to the 14th Weapons Squadron, 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment and 66th WPS execute a landing zone security and forward area refueling point operations between an Army MH-47 and Air Force U-28 aircraft in support of the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration Exercise Special Operations Forces Hostage Recovery Mission. The mission featured 17 aircraft, and more than 200 Army and Air Force personnel. (U.S. Air Force photo by Major Richie Harr,)
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The five U.S. Special Operations Forces Truths. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration phase provides an unparalleled opportunity to train to the fifth SOF Truth, Most Special Operations require non-SOF support. (Courtesy U.S. Air Force graphic)
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An illustration of high-fidelity flight simulator, the simulator will provide aircrew members advanced training. Virtual training is extremely valuable, it is not a replacement for live training. (Courtesy photo)
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USAF Weapons School JTAC graduates to receive hallowed patches

Master Sgt. Jared Pietras, left, U.S. Air Force Weapons School, joint terminal attack controller advanced course instructor and Tech. Sgt. James Larsen, JTAC, advanced instructor course, student pass target coordinates to an AH-64D Apache helicopters on the Nevada Test and Training Range, Oct. 9, 2014. The USAFWS teaches graduate-level instructor courses that provide the world's most advanced training in weapons and tactics employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan Garcia)
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USAF Weapons School JTAC graduates to receive hallowed patches

Tactical Air Control Party members from the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, monitor radios from a defensive fighting position while Joint Terminal Attack Controllers direct incoming aircraft to simulated targets throughout the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, Calif., June 12, 2015. Exercise Green Flag runs at this location ten times annually, and places JTACs on the ground in support of Army Brigade Combat Teams receiving vital pre-deployment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz)
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USAF Weapons School JTAC graduates to receive hallowed patches

A Joint Terminal Attack Controller assigned to the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, uses a radio to direct the pilot of an F-16 Fighting Falcon toward designated targets during a Green Flag 15-08 training scenario June 12, 2015 at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, Calif. The JTAC pictured is conducting a “talk on,” during which a controller communicates navigational information as well as calls for fire to a pilot in the air in order to support the needs of the ground commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz)
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USAFWC announces annual award winners

Winners of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center annual awards pose for a photo with Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, USAFWC commander, during the awards banquet at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 13, 2015. Award winners for 2014 are: Airman, Senior Airman Hannah R. Howey, 799th Security Forces Squadron; Noncommissioned Officer, Staff Sgt. Paul R. Yoder, 99th Communications Squadron; Senior Noncommissioned Officer, Master Sgt. Jennifer M. Gaines, 99th Medical Support Squadron; First Sergeant, Master Sgt. Charles T. Forrest, 505th Training Group; Company Grade Officer, Capt. Michael E. Conrad, 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron; Field Grade Officer, Maj. Robert D. Miller, 31st Test and Evaluation Squadron; Civilian Category 1, Lisa M. Winkelman, 99th Aerospace Medicine Squadron; Civilian Category 2, David L. Kazebeer, 83rd Fighter Weapons Squadron; Civilian Category 3, Carolina B. Adams, 505th Command and Control Wing; Civilian Category 4, Terry M. Simo, 505th Test Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Timothy Young)
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