USAFWC & NELLIS News

  • Aviation Nation 2025

    A paramotor parachutist leaves a trail of smoke while performing an aerial demonstration during Aviation Nation 2025 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 5, 2025. The parachutists demonstrate highlights the diverse range of aerial capabilities showcased during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Red Horse Airmen Reunite with Family During Redeployment

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Robert Worrell, assigned to the 820th Rapid Engineering Deployable Heavy Operations Repair Squadron Engineer Squadron, reunites with his family during a redeployment at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 2, 2025. The airfield construction and repair capabilities of 820th

  • Hometown Hero 2025

    U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Taylor Wight, left, an operations officer assigned to the Thunderbirds, and Michael Patterson, a Hometown Hero participant, taxi on the runway on April 4, 2025, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The Hometown Hero program recognizes individuals who make significant

  • 88th TES pararescuemen aerial demonstration at Aviation Nation Air Show 2025

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Trevor Clark, an 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron pararescueman jumps from an HH-60W Jolly Green II for Combat Arms Demonstration (CAD) during Aviation Nation Air Show 2025 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, April 5, 2025. The CAD showcased aerial and rescue capabilities

  • Red Flag’s 50th Anniversary

    The U.S. Air Force celebrates 50 years of Red Flag—an aerial combat training exercise that has transformed how pilots prepare for modern warfare.

  • Red Flag-Nellis 25-2: Testing the edge of airpower through interoperability

    The skies above Nevada will roar as Red Flag-Nellis 25-2 kicks off, welcoming 1500 participants from 15 units representing the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps, United Arab Emirates Air Force, Royal Saudi Air Force, and the Turkish Air Force. As lead wing, the 552nd Air Control Wing from Tinker Air

  • 820th RHS supports Construction Career Day

    U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Louise Quinsay, right, the engineering design section chief assigned to the 850th Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer Squadron (RHS), and Senior Airman Samuel Williams, second from right, a structures journeyman assigned to the 850th RHS,

  • Air Force Concludes WEPTAC 2025

    The U.S. Air Force Warfare Center hosted the Weapons and Tactics Conference (WEPTAC) recently at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

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