USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • VFA-41 provides close air support during Green Flag 20-9

    U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Strike Fighter Squadron 41, Naval Air Station Lemoore, California, prepare an FA-18F Super Hornet fighter jet during Green Flag 20-9 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 20, 2020. Green Flag-West, is a realistic air-land integration combat training exercise involving

  • Aggressors train cyber defenders to think, react, and adapt in Red Flag

    For the last three weeks, eyes turned to the sky as aircraft took off and landed amidst the complex, non-stop motion of the joint large force employment exercise, Red Flag 20-1. However, inside the Combined Air Operations Center (CAOC), the nerve center of the air campaign, a critical fight took

  • USAFWC breaks ground on Virtual Test and Training Center

    Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander and Maj. Gen. Peter Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, broke ground Feb. 8 on the Virtual Test and Training Center (VTTC), which will enable full-spectrum readiness through next-generation battlespace environments.

  • Red Flag 19-1

    The 79th Fighter Squadron (FS), also known as the “Tigers,” will be serving in an air superiority role, performing various missions intended to test their job proficiency in a combat environment. Red Flag focuses on applying the core missions such as: Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance,

  • Nellis Airman named DOD Senior Fire Officer of the Year

    Master Sgt. Andrew Kehl, 99th Civil Engineer Squadron deputy fire chief, was recently named the winner of the 2017 Department of Defense Senior Fire Officer Award. Kehl’s accomplishments set him apart from hundreds of other fire officers throughout the military. “Each wing will have a

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