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Nellis AFB

Nellis Air Force Base
Las Vegas Air Force Base (1948)
Las Vegas Army Airfield (1941)
McCarran Field (c. 1935)
Air Combat Command.png
Part of Air Combat Command (1992)
Clark County, Nevada, in the Great Basin physiographic section adjacent to North Las Vegas
Coordinates 36°14′57″N 114°59′46″W / 36.24917°N 114.99611°W / 36.24917; -114.99611 (Nellis AFB (military installation))
Type Air Force Base
Site information
Controlled by United States Air Force
Site history
Built 1941
In use 1941–present
Garrison information
Garrison 99th Air Base Wing.png 99th Air Base Wing
Airfield information
Summary
Elevation AMSL 1,867 ft / 569 m
Coordinates 36°14′08″N 115°02′24″W / 36.23556°N 115.04000°W / 36.23556; -115.04000Coordinates: 36°14′08″N 115°02′24″W / 36.23556°N 115.04000°W / 36.23556; -115.04000
Website Nellis Air Force Base
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
03L/21R 10,123 3,085 Concrete
03R/21L 10,055 3,065 Concrete
Sources: and the following:
External media
Images
"LVAFB Operations" building & 1945 aerial image
Bombers & fighters on tarmac
Nellis Spotters photos and videos
2009 E-3 Crash
2013 F-16 Crash
Video
Nellis & Red Flag videos
3004 Nellis F-22 Crash s

Nellis Air Force Base ("Nellis" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada with military schools and more squadrons than any other USAF base. 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.

The Nellis AFB mission of advanced combat training for composite strike forces is commonly conducted in conjunction with air and grounds units of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and allied forces. The base also supports operations at the nearby Creech Air Force Base, the Tonopah Test Range and the Nevada National Security Site. Nellis ground systems for range operations (e.g., by callsign "Nellis Control") include the Computer and Computed Subsystem used to receive microwave signals from the NTTR Ground Based Stations of the Tracking and Communications Subsystem (TCS) for presentation on Nellis' Display and Debrief SubSystem (DDS).

Nellis AFB covers about 11,300 acres (4,600 ha) in the northeast corner of the Las Vegas Valley, an alluvial basin in the Basin and Range Province. Since World War II, Nellis has had areas added, such as Area II in 1969, but still has about 7,000 acres (2,800 ha) of undeveloped space. One World War II runway has been removed. The base has 3 areas (I, II, III). The United States Geological Survey names five different locations for the base: "Nellis Air Force Base", the airfield, the post office, a Community College of Southern Nevada campus, and the census-designated place (CDP).


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