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June 24, 2025
Cutting Edge: Nellis Opens Cyber Integration Lab

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Larry R. Broadwell, 16th Air Force deputy commander, cuts a ribbon during the Nellis Cyber Integration Lab ribbon-cutting ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 16, 2025. The facility equips U.S. forces with secure infrastructure to rehearse and integrate cyber
Feb. 7, 2025
ShOC-N Capstone, Human-Machine Teaming experimentation to optimize the kill chain

The 805th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Shadow Operations Center – Nellis, or ShOC-N, executed its bi-annual capstone event at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
Aug. 25, 2023
AFIMSC hosts final combat support training range evaluation

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out its combat support training ranges proof of concept exercises by hosting six days of unit-led training and a senior leader visit here Aug. 13-18.The CSTR initiative expands multi-functional training opportunities for installation and
Aug. 30, 2022
Joint Battle Labs assess DARPA program, reduce joint-fires execution time

The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis enables advanced technology assessment in collaboration with the U.S. Army’s Mission Command Battle Lab as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Air Space Total Awareness for Rapid Tactical Execution, or ASTARTE,
Aug. 15, 2022
Air Force battle lab showcases emerging space and cyber technologies

The 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center-Nellis, or ShOC-N, hosted an advanced technology demonstration for personnel across multiple domains as part of exercise Red Flag 22-3, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.
June 27, 2022
805th CTS changes command

Lt. Col. John Ohlund became the commander of the 805th Combat Training Squadron on the Shadow Operations Center-Nellis operations floor during a change of command ceremony at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, June 24.
Oct. 25, 2021
Multi-Domain Warfare students learn more about peer threat, JADC2 emerging technologies at Nellis

The Multi-Domain Warfare Officer Initial Skills Training class 21B visited the 805th Combat Training Squadron’s Shadow Operations Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, also known as the ShOC-N, to observe the experimentation and incubation of new command and control technologies and development
Sept. 15, 2021
VCSAF Visits the SHOC-N Battlelab

The Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Air Force, Gen. David Allvin, visited the 505th Command and Control Wing’s Howard Hughes Operations, or H2O, facility in downtown Las Vegas, Nevada, Aug. 28.
Aug. 10, 2021
WIDOW: Nellis Airmen use modern mission planning software tailor-made for ABMS

Nellis Airmen are utilizing the modern software application WIDOW (Web-based Information Dominant Warfare) to digitize the tactical-level mission planning process.
April 16, 2021
Reserve Airman makes history with innovative Project FoX/F-35 development

For the first time ever, Air Force personnel livestreamed F-35 data directly from the aircraft’s mission systems computers to a connected computer tablet during a ground test March 31, 2021, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.The event was a milestone for the Fighter Optimization eXperiment (FoX), a