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Aviation Nation, sometimes referred to as America's Air Show, is the annual award-winning [1] air show of the United States Air Force (USAF). The show is hosted at Nellis Air Force Base near Las Vegas , Nevada in November of each year.
The Weapons Squadrons are units of the United States Air Force, in most cases attached to the USAF Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base. Each unit specializes in a particular type of combat aircraft.
Detachment 1 of the Space Warfare Center was established at Nellis in 1996 after the "Nellis Combined Air Operations Center", [28] the Warfare Center transferred Nellis Air Force Range control to the 98th Range Wing in 2001, [21] and the annual Aviation Nation airshow began at Nellis in 2002.
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 Airspace System. It is responsible for scheduling ...
In October 1969, the 65th Fighter Weapons Squadron took over the F-100D/F Super Sabre aircraft, personnel, and facilities of the 4536th Fighter Weapons Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base. F-100s tail coded "WB", only to become non-operational early in 1970.
The 6th Weapons Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the USAF Weapons School, based at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.It was previously assigned to the Seventh Air Force, being inactivated at Yokota Airfield, Japan on 20 February 1947.
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 September 1995, the 53d Tactical Fighter Group and USAF Air Warfare Center were consolidated and the consolidated unit was redesignated as the 53d Wing the following month. [ 1 ] In 2021 on the activation of the 350th Spectrum Warfare Wing , the 53rd Electronic Warfare Group was inactivated, broken up, and its units transferred to the new wing.