This vast stretch of desert north of Las Vegas is part of the largest wildlife refuge in the contiguous United States. As early as next year, the grounds could be reclassified and absorbed into another superlative: the largest military training area ...
A company that provides training services for the U.S. military says an access panel from one of its aircraft dropped off and fell into a Las Vegas neighborhood near Nellis Air Force Base. The Federal Aviation Administration said it was ...
The commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base in Southern Nevada has been relieved of his command due to what the service called ...
The Thunderbirds air demonstration team will fly over Hollywood today to mark this week’s opening of the “Captain Marvel” movie, according to the team’s website. The flyover this afternoon will feature ...
North Las Vegas Mayor John Lee’s annual State of the City address on Tuesday included many of the usual elements of such a speech — a rundown of private and public ...
An Air Force Thunderbirds pilot killed in a training crash in April blacked out during an extreme G-force maneuver, regaining consciousness only a moment before ...
Vice President Mike Pence is spending the day in Las Vegas visiting Nellis Air Force Base with Republican gubernatorial candidate Adam Laxalt and incumbent GOP Sen. Dean Heller. Laxalt and Heller joined Pence on Air Force Two once it landed at Nellis and exited the plane with the vice president, shaking hands and posing for photos with service members on ...
Las Vegas area residents might notice an increase in noise from military aircraft flying out of Nellis Air Force Base over the next two weeks. More than 80 aircraft will ...
Standing next to a 7-foot-tall replica of the “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas” sign changed to read “Welcome to Fabulous 99th Air Base Wing” in his office, it’s clear the city has left a lasting impression on Col. Paul J. Murray, the outgoing commander of ...
The Air Force Thunderbirds perform today in Virginia, their first air show since the April 4 death of team member Maj. Stephen “Cajun” Del Bagno during a training flight. The elite aerobatic squad, assigned to ...
A veteran U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot is returning to the aerial demonstration team to replace a colleague who died during a training flight three weeks ago. An Air Force statement said ...
A pilot was in good condition after ejecting from an F-16 fighter jet while attempting to land this morning in Lake Havasu City, Ariz., about 150 miles south of Las Vegas, according to ...
The Air Force Thunderbirds say they are resuming practice today following a crash April 4 that killed one of the elite flight demonstration team’s pilots. “These flights will focus on maintaining our ...
Fighter jets flew overhead in the missing-man formation during a Southern California memorial for a U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds pilot who was killed in a crash during training. Family, friends and fellow pilots remembered Maj. Stephen Del Bagno during ...
A pilot training to become an instructor was at fault in a crash in September at the Nevada Test and Training Range near Las Vegas that destroyed two ...