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The Nellis Air Force Base Complex [1] (Nellis AFB complex, [2] [3] NAFB Complex [1]) is the southern Nevada military region of federal facilities and lands, e.g., currently and formerly used for military and associated testing and training such as Atomic Energy Commission atmospheric nuclear detonations of the Cold War.
Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada.Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in "Military Operations Area (MOA) airspace", [3] associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR).
The Nellis Air Force Range (NAFR) was used to bury wreckage of the 1978 Groom Lake & 1979 NAFR Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk crashes, and additional Cold War accidents at the range included the 1975 NAFR TR-1 crash, [30] the 1979 Tonopah MiG-17 crash during training versus an Northrop F-5, the 1984 Little Skull Mountain MiG-23 crash, which killed a ...
Groom Lake is a dry lake, [1] also described as a salt flat, [2] in Nevada.It is used for runways of the Nellis Bombing Range Test Site airport (KXTA). [3] Part of the Area 51 USAF installation, it lies at an elevation of 4,409 ft (1,344 m) [4] and is approximately 3.7 miles (6.0 km) from north to south and 3 miles (4.8 km) from east to west at its widest point, and is approximately 11.3 miles ...
The Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR) is a United States Air Force unit assigned to the United States Air Force Warfare Center of Air Combat Command.The unit is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada as a tenant unit.
It is located on Nellis Air Force Base in Clark County, Nevada and is run by the 99th Medical Group (MDG). Members of the 99th Medical Group run the 50-bed medical treatment facility. The Air Force provides executive oversight of the facility, staffs all outpatient activities/clinics and inpatient beds for Department of Defense (DoD) beneficiaries.
Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in North Las Vegas, Nevada. It is seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Las Vegas. It was named in honor of P-47 pilot 1st Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis, who was killed in WWII during the Battle of the Bulge.
Hanscom Air Force Base: Lincoln: Massachusetts: Air Force Materiel Command: 66th Air Base Group: Non-flying installation, hosting the Electronic Systems Center, part of the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. [26] Hill Air Force Base: Ogden: Utah