Nellis AFB News

Two F-22 Raptors from Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, fly over the Nevada Test and Training Range Feb.

U.S. Air Force and Army troops here recently invited 10 Iraqi Boy Scouts aboard Victory Base Complex to observe equipment used to survey weather patterns.

Capt. Candice Sperry performs an equipment check on an EC-130H Compass Call aircraft Feb.

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan: Nearly 1,300 servicemembers, more than 80 aircraft and 19 units from the U.S. and England converged for the start of Red Flag 10-2 Jan.

Nevada's economy hasn't bottomed out yet and a modest recovery isn't expected to arrive until 2012, state Senator John Lee told city council Tuesday.

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy is greeted by Chief Master Sgt. Alfred Herring at base operations Jan.

The military says Nellis Air Force Base will host extra activity in coming days with combat training exercises being conducted over the Nevada desert.

The Air Force is taking part in exercises called Green Flag-West, beginning Monday.

A 90th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief signals an F-22A Raptor laden with concrete bombs to begin its departure for a training mission Jan.

Flightglobal's brilliant team of bloggers have traversed the globe this year to bring you all you need to know in the aviation world, and although the sun is quickly setting on another year, we felt it was fitting to celebrate the best stories from 2009.

The report card is mixed regarding next-generation nonkinetic, or limited effects, weaponry developed by the U.S. and its allies.

Brig. Gen. Michael Keltz, 7th Air Force Vice Commander, passes the guidon of the 51st Fighter Wing to Col.

Anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan, along with other protesters stood outside Nellis AFB, chanting in opposition to President Obama's plan to deploy an additional 30 to 35 thousand troops to Afghanistan.

A1C Matthew Desrochers has completed Explosive Ordnance Disposal training at Eglin AFB in FL.

8:47 p.m. Aviation Nation The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerobatics squadron got a chance to perform in front of a home crowd Saturday at Nellis Air Force Base during the Aviation Nation air show and open house.

Afterburners will be blasting over Las Vegas this weekend as one of the biggest air shows in the nation takes place Saturday morning at Nellis.

University of Nevada Cooperative Extension, or UNCE, will hold information and registration sessions for the upcoming Spring 2010 Master Gardener Training on Tuesday, November 17 or December 8 from 6-7 p.m. at the UNCE Lifelong Learning Center, 8050 Paradise Road, Las Vegas, NV 89123.

Karen Wilson, coordinator for the new Caring for People pilot program at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., and Jeffrey McClish, the base's new Recovery Care Coordination Program coordinator, are ramping up programs to support families of deployed military members, and wounded, ill and sick servicemembers, respectively.

They wouldn't be allowed to do it today, but back in 1959, experienced military pilots would sometimes buzz the Grand Canyon when flying out of nearby Nellis AFB.

The Healing Fields program began as a way to commemorate those who lost their lives on September 11, 2001.