News - Tag Nellis Air Force Base

Dec. 18, 2018
Air Force Space Command increasing combat readiness as enlisted space operators head to advanced instructor course

Two dynamic units, each with a legacy of advancement, recently came together to make space and education history. Air Force Space Command and the Air Force Weapons School joined forces to make history by holding the first-ever selection board for the emerging 1C6 Space Warfighter Advanced Instructor
Dec. 13, 2018
Without 757th AMXS, WSINT isn’t

Across the Nellis flightline, maintainers assigned to the 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) participated alongside their pilots during the U.S. Air Force Weapons School Integration (WSINT).
Dec. 10, 2018
Nellis welcomes Pearl Harbor Survivor on Pearl Harbor Day

Ed Hall, Pearl Harbor survivor, celebrated National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day Dec. 7 on Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Nov. 21, 2018
Climber visits 66th RQS after harrowing rescue

One month after his life flight rescue from Zion National Park, Daniel Cottam visited his rescuers at the 66th Rescue Squadron Nov. 16 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.
Nov. 20, 2018
Gunsmoke returns to Nellis with a twist

Pilots and maintainers assigned to various flying squadrons throughout Nellis Air Force Base competed Nov. 15 in a Gunsmoke Competition held on the flightline and Nevada Test and Training Range.
Oct. 3, 2018
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.
Sept. 17, 2018
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
Sept. 11, 2018
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
Sept. 4, 2018
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
Aug. 20, 2018
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