USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Weapons load competition at Nellis AFB

    Senior Airman Edward Steffon, left, weapons load crew evaluator, evaluates Airman First Class Genesis Perryman, an F-35 Lightning II weapons load crew member, as she prepares an inert bomb during the Quarterly Weapons Load Competition at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 4, 2024. Seven crews from

  • 57th MXG Load Barn: Safety, standards, certification

    Even in the midst of a pandemic, weapons loading crews from the 57th Maintenance Group must earn and maintain proficiency because they are essential to the Air Force’s combat and training missions. To do that, they must certify under the watchful eyes of the Weapons Standardization shop, otherwise

  • Bolt AMU: bringing the future faster

    It all begins on the walls of a stereotypical conference room cluttered with large drawn out diagrams, procedures and step-by-step directions of how Bolt Aircraft Maintenance Unit (AMU) gets their fleet of F-35A Lightning IIs mission-ready on a daily basis. Maintenance personnel and civilians are

  • AFREP saves Nellis $3.6M

    Searching through a pile of unserviceable components waiting their inevitable fate, expert Airmen rescue multiple high-value items to repair at no cost to the Air Force.

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