Nellis Air Force Base News

Charles Moore Jr. is no stranger to the fears and anxieties of war, having flown more than 600 combat hours in fighter jets and now serving as a commander of a collection of squadrons responsible for more than 130 aircraft that comprise the Air Force's most diverse flying wing.

The past 12 months have been a year of accolades for Capt. Anibal Aguirre Jr., a Yuman who went from Cibola High School to the U.S. Air Force Academy and into the cockpit of a combat rescue helicopter.

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Capt. Hugh Walker, his wife Kristin, and their daughter Kaitlyn will soon move to Nevada where he will teach at the Nellis Air Force Base for two years.

Nonprofit Toys 4 Smiles, which crafts wooden toy cars for children in need, was joined recently by members of the Thunderbirds support team from Nellis Air Force Base.

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 64th Aggressor Squadron takes off from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to participate in a Joint Forcible Entry exercise over the Nevada Test and Training Range May 31, 2013.

Capt. Hugh Walker's fighter pilot call sign is "Hoot" - which once stood for Hick Opposes Orthodontic Treatment a Now he is known as something else: The No.

Lt. Col Michael Shepherd, 64th Aggressor Squadron assistant director of operations for academics, helps Ryan Navarrate-Pak, a childhood cancer survivor, put on a flight helmet in the 64th AGRS heritage room.

What differentiates his command from Army, Navy and Air Force cyber operations is a focus on the forward-deployed nature of America's expeditionary force in readiness, the commander of Marine Corps Forces Cyberspace Command said during a recent interview here.

Capt. Hugh Walker's fighter pilot call sign is "Hoot" -- which once stood for Hick Opposes Orthodontic Treatment.

An F-35A conventional takeoff and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea Test Range, June 5. It was the first launch where the F-35 and AIM-120 demonstrated a successful launch-to-eject communications sequence and fired the rocket motor after launch - paving the way for targeted launches ... (more)

Retired airman Charles Hall worked on Nellis AFB in Nevada in 1967 with an extraterrestrial race called "Tall Whites."

An F-35A conventional take-off and landing aircraft completed the first in-flight missile launch of an AIM-120 over the Point Mugu Sea test range on June 5, 2013.

Airmen from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, walk their section of the flight line for debris that could do damage to aircraft during a Green Flag exercise May 21, 2013, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

The U. S. House of Representatives has approved nearly $80-million in funding for five projects at Nellis Air Force Base.

U.S. Air Force Capt. John Costa surprises his daughters Ally, 10, and Tally, 6, by appearing at the end of the "Sirens of TI" show at Treasure Island in Las Vegas on Tuesday, June 4, 2013.

As the sun rose Friday over Nellis Air Force Base, Andrew Klodt waddled toward the rear ramp of a C-130 Hercules transport plane.

Master Sgt. Robert Lilly pays his respects to a fallen service member May 28, 2013, at the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City, Nev.

A French Mirage fighter jet takes off at Nellis Air Force Base Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2013.

The Dassault/Dornier Alpha Jet is a light attack jet and advanced trainer aircraft co-manufactured by Dornier of Germany and Dassault-Breguet of France.