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Thunderbirds Fly Over Las Vegas In Tribute To Healthcare Workers

Apr 13, 2020

A formation of five F-16 jets from the U.S. Air Force’s Thunderbirds flight demonstration squadron performed a flyover across metro Las Vegas on Saturday.

The flyover was a tribute to health care workers, emergency responders and essential personnel working during the pandemic.

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Sen. Cortez Masto: Desert Refuge Compromise Balances Air Force Mission With Recreation, Conservation

Jan 15, 2020

For two years, environmentalists, hunters, jeepers, tri

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Nevada Touts Reno As Best Place For New Air Force Squadron

Jan 06, 2020
Gov. Steve Sisolak and Nevada's entire congressional delegation are trying to persuade the U.S.
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The U.S. Air Force's X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 5 is seen after landing at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Shuttle Landing Facility in Florida on Sunday.

Secret Air Force Space Plane Lands After More Than 2 Years In Orbit

Oct 28, 2019
The X-37B, launched in September 2017, has returned to Earth. It was the fifth acknowledged mission for the vehicle since 2010, but details of its mission are being kept under wraps.
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Music Starts For Earthlings Around Area 51 Events In Nevada

Sep 20, 2019

HIKO, Nev. (AP) — Sound checks echoed from a distant main stage while Daniel Martinez whirled and danced at dusty makeshift festival grounds just after sunset in Rachel, the Nevada town closest to the once-secret Area 51 military base.

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Bring It! Biz Owners Welcome Million-Person March To Area 51

Jul 17, 2019

A joking Facebook page asking people to storm the top-secret military base, Area 51, 150 miles north of Las Vegas, has become serious business.

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The Two-Way
Fourteen airmen who have helped secure an Air Force missile base in Wyoming have been disciplined after investigators uncovered a drug ring operating there. Here, a mock-up of a Minuteman 3 nuclear missile is seen at F.E. Warren Air Force Base.

Air Force Uncovered LSD Use Among Airmen Guarding Nuclear Missiles

May 24, 2018
Military investigators cracked the ring in 2016, after one of the service members made the mistake of posting material to social media.
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The U.S. Air Force Academy has completed its investigation into an incident of racist graffiti on campus. The school's terrazzo and chapel are seen here in Colorado Springs, Colo., this summer.

Air Force Academy Cadet Wrote Slur Outside His Own Door, School Says

Nov 08, 2017
The epithet was written on message boards outside the rooms of five black cadets at the U.S. Air Force Academy's preparatory school in September.
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Family That Owns Land Near Area 51 Suing Government Over Eminent Domain Seizure

Oct 26, 2016

The family that owns property near Area 51 that was seized by the Air Force through eminent domain says their latest independent appraisal of the value of the land north of Las Vegas exceeds $40 million.

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Air Force Criticized For Moving Wildfire Unit To Nevada

Apr 11, 2016

The U.S. Air Force is being criticized for a decision to relocate military air tanker equipment used to fight wildfires to Nevada instead of Montana.

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Air Force Wants Owners To Give Up Nevada Bombing Range Site

Sep 08, 2015

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The U.S. Air Force is giving an ultimatum to owners of a remote Nevada property that over time has been surrounded by a vast bombing range including the super-secret Area 51.

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U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Spencer Stone waves as he departs the Clinique Lille Sud, which specializes in hand injuries, in Lesquin, France, on Saturday. He was one of several men who helped subdue the train assailant.

Americans Hailed As Heroes For Subduing Gunman On Train In Belgium

Aug 22, 2015
An Air Force serviceman, a U.S. National Guardsman and a Sacramento State University student brought down the gunman. One was slashed several times with a box cutter and remains in the hospital.
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