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  • Prosperity in the face of adversity

    On a cold March night in 1995, a newborn baby girl was left swaddled on a dark and desolate bridge in Huai’an, China. Now, that abandoned child has grown and prospered into a 99th Aerospace Medical Squadron ophthalmic technician.

  • 66th RQS remembers fallen Airmen 20 years later

    The 66th Rescue Squadron (RQS) paid their respects to their fallen brothers during a memorial marking the 20th anniversary of their deaths. A total of 12 Airmen were lost when two HH-60G Pavehawk helicopters, call signs Jolly 38 and Jolly 39, assigned to the 66th RQS were involved in a midair

  • 9/11 remembrance ceremony held at Nellis

    Nellis Air Force Base Airmen came together during a 9/11 remembrance ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center flag pole, Sept. 11, 2018. The ceremony remembered those who lost their lives and those who continue to support the eradication of terrorism throughout the world with the singing of the

  • Nellis first base to use Tele-ICU

    The Mike O’Callaghan Military Medical Center here partnered with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Tele-Intensive Care Unit (ICU) staff to work collaboratively with the bedside team to allow continuous monitoring of the ICU patients’ vitals when medical center providers are out of the

  • 422 TES, 57 AMXS test F-35 ammunition bulk loader

    The 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron and the 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron each recently reached milestones with the F-35A Lightning II fighter aircraft program.On Aug. 7 the 57th AMXS Bolt Aircraft Maintenance Unit validated bulk loader loading procedures for the aircraft’s GAU-22/A 25mm

  • Nellis Airman showcases innovative idea

    Senior Airman Joseph Fleischli, with the help of AFWERX-Vegas, presented an innovative idea to improve the delinking feeder component for the GAU-2 weapon system to Maj. Gen. Pete Gersten, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, here Aug. 3. The GAU-2 weapon system is a belt-fed machine gun

  • Red Flag 18-3: New milestone for AFSOC MQ-9s

    Paintings, posters and photos highlighting more than 40 years of combat air force heritage line the busy, narrow halls of the 414th Combat Training Squadron building, home of Red Flag.

  • Red Flag 18-3: readiness through innovation, integration and interoperability

    Southern Nevada residents may notice an increase in military aircraft activity from July 23 through Aug. 3 as Nellis begins the U.S. Air Force’s largest air-to-air combat training exercise – Red Flag 18-3.   Red Flag exercises provide mission commanders, maintenance personnel, ground controllers,

  • HVAC helps Nellis beat the heat

    As the southwest desert summer heat intensifies, the Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning (HVAC) technicians assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron work hard to keep base personnel cool.

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