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422 TES changes command

Posted April 28, 2017 by

Courtesy photo “Sax” Mathes, 53rd Test and Evaluation Group commander, transfers the 422nd Test and Evaluation Squadron guidon to Lt. Col. Bradley “Split” Darling, 422 TES incoming commander during a change of command ceremony on Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 21.

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Nellis AFB conducts Major Accident Response Exercise

Posted April 28, 2017 by

U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kevin Tanenbaum by a truck during the Major Accident Response Exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., April 13. The base conducted the exercise to evaluate real-life response capabilities of emergency personnel for scenarios that could impact the base.   arry a simulated victim on a stretcher during…

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“Find Ally”: 99th MDG Airman saves neighbor

Posted April 14, 2017 by Airman 1st Class Andrew Sarver

o one can prepare to be woken up in their home at night with a child’s life in their hands.

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MQ-1, MQ-9 aircrews help liberate Manbij

Posted April 14, 2017 by Senior Airman Christian Clausen

In 2016 MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircrews assisted coalition partners in the reclamation of Manbij, Syria, from Islamic State of Iraq and Syria forces.

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Firefighters from Creech and Nellis turn up the heat

Posted April 14, 2017 by

U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class James Thompson Nellis and Creech Airmen assigned to the 99th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight extinguish a controlled fire on the exterior of a mockup aircraft March 23 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. The team extinguished both the exterior and interior of the aircraft and…

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57th Fighter Group’s remember ‘Palm Sunday Goose Shoot’

Posted April 14, 2017 by Daniel Wheaton

U.S. Air Force photo Col. Arthur Salisbury (far right), group commander, reads a telegram of congratulations to group pilots from Chief of Staff Gen. George Marshall soon after the “Goose Shoot.” NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev.— April 18 marks an important day in the history of the 57th Wing and the U.S. Air Force. In…

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EW Airmen increase productivity through data-mining automation

Posted April 14, 2017 by Capt. Amanda Farr

Pay no attention to the man behind the curtain…or rather the men and women deep in a secured vault, jamming out critical electronic warfare missions.

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34th WS load HH-60s into C-17

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U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kevin Tanenbaum Airman from the 34th Weapons Squadron finish loading the first of two HH-60 Pave Hawks into a C-17 Globemaster III assigned to the 57th Weapons Squadron, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., March 28. The Pave Hawk is a highly modified version of the Army Black…

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Nellis Exchange invites shoppers to help save a tree with eReceipts

Posted April 14, 2017 by Army & Air Force Exchange Service

NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — According to the University of Southern Indiana, the amount of paper thrown away in the United States every year is equivalent to about 1 billion trees. Much of this waste is from paper receipts. To help reduce paper usage, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service offers shoppers the…

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Positivity against all odds

Posted March 31, 2017 by Airman 1st Class Nathan Byrnes

”You have cancer.” These are the three words no one ever wants to hear.

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