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Nellis Air Force Base

Las Vegas, United States

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Nellis Air Force Base

Las Vegas, United States

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Premier U.S. Air Force tactical fighter training base in Nevada.

Opened

1941

Location

Las Vegas, United States

Nellis Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation located approximately 8 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada. It serves as the home of the Air Force Warfare Center and is widely regarded as the premier tactical fighter training base in the world, hosting the famous Red Flag and Green Flag exercises. The base is home to the USAF Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team and hosts numerous advanced combat training programs. It also supports the Nevada Test and Training Range, one of the largest and most sophisticated air and ground ranges in the world. As a military installation, Nellis AFB is not open to commercial air traffic. Access is restricted to authorized military personnel, contractors, and invited guests.

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›Home of the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration squadron.
›Hosts Red Flag, one of the world's most realistic large-scale air combat exercises.
›Encompasses the Nevada Test and Training Range, covering millions of acres of restricted airspace.
›Originally established as Las Vegas Army Airfield in 1941 and renamed in honor of Lt. William Nellis in 1950.
›Considered the busiest fighter base in the U.S. Air Force inventory.

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Nellis Air Force Base 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", associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The base also has the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis.

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