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  • Soldiers from the 1st Armored Division, 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team, Fort Bliss, Texas, look on as an F-16 Fighting Falcon executes a “show of force” in the skies over the National Training Center Range, Fort Irwin, Calif., during a Green Flag 15-08 training scenario June 12, 2015. In many situations, an aircraft executing a low pass over a conflict zone can act as a deterrent to potential enemy combatants. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz)

    AF to grow, enhance Nellis group with close air support focus

    Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base plans to restructure the 57th Operations Group to enhance its focus on close air support integration, Air Force officials announced Aug. 16.
  • Maj. Gen. Glen VanHerck, United States Air Force Warfare Center commander, speaks to players of Red Flag 16‐4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., Aug. 14, 2016. The first Red Flag exercise took place 40 years ago and has since evolved into one of the world’s most premier combat training exercises a pilot can attend. (U. S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Frank Miller/Released)

    Red Flag 16-4: challenge issued, challenge accepted

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. - The 55th Fighter Squadron, from Shaw Air Force Base, South Carolina, brought their ”Shawesome” F-16 Fighting Flacon's to an exercise Air Expeditionary Wing during Red Flag 16-4 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Aug. 15, 2016. Red Flag 16-4 is scheduled to launch two missions Monday through Friday and will conclude Aug.
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody speaks with Airmen from Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Va. during a meet and great on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., July 27, 2016. During Cody’s visit, Airmen from around the Air Force are temporarily deployed to Nellis AFB for Red Flag 16-3 where they will train for three weeks in air, space and cyberspace. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jake Carter/Released)

    CMSAF Cody visits Nellis AFB

    CMSAF Cody visits Nellis AFB
  • Maj. Kyle Ruthford, an F-16 Fighting Falcon pilot from Shaw Air Force Base's 79th Fighter Squadron, climbs into his jet day 1 of Red Flag, July 11, 2016 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The exercise will test participants’' ability to operate in air, cyberspace and space. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. David Salanitri)

    Air Force kicks off Red Flag 16-3

    The Air Force kicked off a three-week long Red Flag 16-3 exercise on July 11, 2016 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. Red Flag 16-3 is a US-only exercise that will test all participating units’ combat capabilities in a joint environment that centers on multi-domain integration.
  • A C-17 carrying Airmen from the 66th Rescue Squadron and 823rd Maintenance Squadron returning home from deployment taxis down the runway at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., June 7. The Airmen were bused from the Nellis AFB flightline to the 823rd MXS hangar where their families awaited their arrival. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum)

    823rd MXS, 66th RQS return from deployment

    NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. —Approximately 80 Airmen from the 66th Rescue Squadron and 823rd Maintenance Squadron were welcomed home June 3 and 7 after being deployed for approximately four months.
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