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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).
In October 2001, the wing was redesignated the 98th Range Wing and began operating the range facilities of the Air Warfare Center from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. [2] It replaced the 99th Range Group and 99th Range Squadron of the host unit at Nellis, the 99th Air Base Wing. Its mission is to provide a flexible and realistic "battle space ...
In addition to Nellis AFB, areas outside of the current NTTR land area are used for related activities, e.g., about 1,107 sq mi (2,870 km 2) of the former military range land (relinquished 1942, e.g. ranges 46–56, [10] and c. 1953) is under the Nellis "Area A" airspace that is a Military Operations Area (MOA). [11]
The 53rd Wing is a wing of the United States Air Force based at Eglin Air Force Base, Florida.The wing reports to the United States Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, which in turn reports to Headquarters Air Combat Command.
The unit is a composite organization consisting of two Operations Groups, the 726th and 926th, gained by Air Combat Command and Air Force Space Command, with Geographic Separated Units at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, and Schriever Air Force Base, Colorado.
The group is stationed at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The Group provides direct oversight of the Nellis flying mission through the 57th Operations Support Squadron. They manage the airfield, operate the air traffic control tower, and the Nellis Air Traffic Control Facility providing radar service to local flying operations and the National ...
Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, 30 September 2008 – present [2] Aircraft. Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, 1941–1944; North American P-51 Mustang, 1944–1945;