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  • Two Airmen conduct routine vehicle maintenance in a engine bay of a vehicle.

    Vehicle maintenance keeps Nellis 'rolling'

    The smell of motor oil fills the air as grease covered mechanics survey the garage full of vehicles waiting to be inspected or repaired. Vehicle maintainers assigned to the 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron here spend their days ensuring the extensive vehicle fleet on base is maintained and mission ready at all times.
  • A pilot adjusts his oxygen mask in the cockpit of an F-15E Strike-Eagle fighter jet.

    USAFWS uses crew swaps to enhance training

    The U.S. Air Force Weapons School fighter pilots are preparing for rigorous combat battle rhythms with the integration of rapid crew swap exercises. These exercises require aircrews and aircraft maintainers to launch and recover the jets in one-third the normal time.
  • Master Sgt. Bryan Patterson, 157th Fighter Squadron Aerospace Control Alert Crew Leader, salutes 2nd Lt. Nicholas Forester, University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) graduate, at the Hospitality building on UNLV campus, Nev., May 24, 2019. Forester was previously an F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter jet tactical aircraft maintainer at McEntire Joint National Guard Base, S.C., Osan Air Base, South Korea and Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. From 2009 to 2015. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Bryan Guthrie)

    Airman, student, father goes above and beyond in the face adversity

    The roaring sound of a B-52 flying overhead may have motivated young Nicholas Forester to one day join the Air Force, but being raised by a single father that worked all day to support his family is what motivated Nicholas to become the father he is now.
  • An F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft from Hill Air Force Base, Utah, takes off from Nellis AFB, Nev., Feb. 2, during Red Flag 17-01. This is the first F-35A deployment to Red Flag since the Air Force declared the jet combat ready in August 2016. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

    Red Flag proves ‘intense’ for F-35A pilots

    Red Flag 17-1 is living up to its reputation as a grueling and rigorous test of fighter pilot skills, according to Hill Air Force Base F-35A pilots participating in the premier air-to-air combat exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., from Jan. 23 to Feb. 10. The three-week exercise has friendly "Blue Force" taking on enemy "Red Force" aggressors in both live and mock training environments to test air-to-air, air-to-ground, and space and cyber warfare during both day and nighttime missions.
  • F-35A pilot, Lt. Col. Brad Klemesrud, prepares for takeoff during a Red Flag mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Feb. 2. Klemesrud and eight other Reserve pilots from the 419th Fighter Wing are participating in the Air Force’s premier air-to-air exercise to hone their skills and test the F-35A Lightning II’s capabilities in a variety of simulated combat scenarios. This marks the first year the F-35A has participated in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force photo/Bryan Magaña)

    Reservists take on ‘enemy’ at F-35A Red Flag debut

    Nine Air Force Reserve F-35A pilots and 16 maintainers from the 419th Fighter Wing joined about 200 personnel and 13 F-35A Lightning IIs from the active duty 388th FW to debut the Air Force’s newest fighter jet at the premier air-to-air Red Flag combat training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. from Jan. 23 to Feb. 10.
  • Graduates of the U.S. Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School’s first Advanced Sortie Production Course pose for a photo during their graduation ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Dec. 7, 2016. The 12-week ASPC course -- which targets maintenance, munitions and logistics readiness officers in their four to nine year time-in-service window -- teaches its students to think and view problems differently, ultimately to help them solve sortie production deficiencies more effectively.

    First class graduates from new Advanced Sortie Production Course

    The U.S. Air Force Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Operations School (AMMOS) here has been providing the Air Force’s premier advanced maintenance training and expanding combat capability through graduate-level education since it first opened its doors in 2003.
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