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March 19, 2024

Nellis Air Force Base

  • Mstr. Sgt. Christopher Aguilera runs at the outdoor track at Nellis Air Force Base Wednesday, May 21, 2014. Aguilera was selected as one of 40 Air Force members to participate in the 2014 London Invictus Games for wounded veterans. Aguilera was injured when his helicopter was shot down in Afghanistan in 2010.
    Nellis master sergeant, injured in combat, ready to compete in international paralympic competition
    This fall, Air Force Master Sgt. Christopher Aguilera will be one of 40 participants selected to represent the United States in the Invictus Games in London. Invictus is Latin for
  • Hearing begins for Nellis airman charged in wife's slaying
    A Clark County judge says she'll hear more evidence next week before deciding whether a 33-year-old Nellis Air Force Base technical sergeant will stand trial on a murder charge in the slaying of his wife. Rickey Lee Massey Jr. remained in custody after …
  • Survival fashion: S.E.R.E. students improvise "desert garb" from an emergency parachute.
    Air Force S.E.R.E. Specialists are masters in the art of survival
    Imagine floating in a life raft on the 53-degree open ocean with dozens of other people, puking over the side and bailing water for eight long, nauseous hours. Then imagine looking around and laughing at your situation.
  • Nellis staff sergeant now charged with murder after 3-month-old son's death this week
    Prosecutors today added murder to the charges a Nellis Air Force Base noncommissioned officer faces in a case involving his son. Three-month-old Aiden James Leach was airlifted on Feb. 1 to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition. The baby boy died Monday night.
  • Charge against jailed Nellis staff sergeant could escalate after baby son's death
    The baby Metro Police allege was abused earlier this month by a Nellis Air Force staff sergeant died Monday night. Three-month-old Aiden James Leach was airlifted on Feb. 1 to Sunrise Hospital and Medical Center in critical condition.
  • Nellis staff sergeant to make court appearance on child abuse charge
    A noncommissioned officer stationed at Nellis Air Force Base awaits a date next week in North Las Vegas Township Justice Court on child abuse charges involving his 3-month-old son. According to an arrest report, Staff Sgt. Andrew Leach, 31, is accused of causing severe head trauma and other injuries to his son, Aiden.
  • Standoff outside Nellis AFB ends peacefully
    A man armed with a gun was in the parking lot of O’Callaghan Federal Hospital outside Nellis Air Force Base today threatening to kill himself.
  • Airman charged with murder; police report says he took sleeping pill after fight that killed wife
    Nellis Air Force Base authorities found Theresa Rivera’s body in the garage of her home with a blanket covering her entire body and injuries to her face. A night earlier, Rivera and her husband, Tech Sgt. Rickey L. Massey Jr., had been involved in a fight at their on-base house in the 4400 block of Kevil Circle. It started when Massey snatched his wife’s phone to get her attention and escalated into a physical altercation. It ended with a fall in the kitchen and Massey realizing his wife was bleeding and not moving.
  • Woman found dead at Nellis AFB; husband arrested
    Metro Police have arrested a man suspected of killing his wife this morning at their home in Nellis Air Force Base.
  • No word on how many Nellis AFB civilians back at work
    The Pentagon ordered most of its furloughed civilian employees back to work over the weekend, but it remains unclear today how many civilians that decision impacted at Nellis Air Force Base.
  • A motorcyclist approaches a ticket booth for the Lake Mead National Recreation Area, which is closed because of the federal government shutdown Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2013.
    Shutdown presents mixed bag for federal facilities in, around Las Vegas
    Hundreds of visitors arriving Tuesday at Red Rock Canyon National Conservation Area west of Las Vegas encountered a closed gate.
  • Eloisa Hopper, a civil engineer who has been working for the Air Force for 35 years, poses for a photo at her office on Nellis Air Force Base, Thursday Aug. 29, 2013.
    Nellis, Creech civilian employees work, wait, wonder about next federal budget
    Eloisa Hopper has been around long enough to know military budgets go in cycles. Hopper has worked as a civilian in the military for the past 32 years. The current budget cycle is at the lowest point Hopper has ever seen at Nellis Air Force Base.
  • Members of the Thunderbirds, the U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, train at Nellis Air Force Base Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.
    North Las Vegas embraces Nellis' new emphasis on partnerships
    Two mayors, their areas of influence not more than 2 miles apart, are contemplating new economic realities. Both are attempting to look at their operations in a new way, examining the costs and benefits of each service offered, and both are on a mission to enter into mutually beneficial agreements.
  • An F-15 fighter jet takes off during Red Flag 13-3 exercises at Nellis Air Force Base Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013.
    Air Force aims to land more top guns amid pilot shortage
    It may be hard to imagine that life as a high-flying fighter jock has lost its swagger, but the Air Force revealed it has a shortage of 200 fighter pilots this year. And if something isn’t done, the Air Force, which has about 3,000 fighter pilots, fears it may face a shortfall of 700 by 2021.
  • Flight crews line up to greet pilots as the Thunderbirds resume limited flight operations at Nellis Air Force Base Tuesday, July 22, 2013 after having to stand down since April because of sequestration.
    Thunderbirds return to the sky, hope to take their show back on the road
    It’s about 9 a.m. on a recent Tuesday and there is a buzz outside the Thunderbird Nellis Air Force Base hangar — a buzz that hasn’t been heard in months. Maintenance crews have been Windexing and power-washing the F-16 Fighting Falcon jets all morning to make sure they glisten in the sun. On the runway, a procession of fighter jets takes off into a cloudy but blue sky. It’s a good day to fly. It's the first time since spring budget cuts that the Thunderbirds have been back in the air.
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