Vol. 66 No. 38
                                                                                                                            December 16, 2016

2016 rYear in                              NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — For                   Combat Command, addressed senior Air
             eview                      Nellis AFB, the year 2016 was a time of new            Force leaders and policy makers at the 2016
                                        improvements, recognition, first times, and            Command and Control Summit, “Roadmap
                                        wonderful changes.                                     to the Air Force Future Operating Concept.”

                                           Here is a short list of the major highlights           • Air Force senior leaders, industry ex-
                                        for Nellis AFB in 2016.                                ecutives, joint and coalition warfighters con-
                                        First Quarter                                          _____________See review, on page 2

                                           • Gen. Hawk Carlisle, commander, Air

USAFWS hosts joint integrated hostage rescue

By Maj. Rich Harr                       cies during a hostage rescue exercise, as  WSINT occurred at Nellis Air Force       five-and-a-half months of training and
                                        part of the Weapons School Integration     Base and on the NTTR from Nov. 28 to     is the capstone event for the Air Force’s
U.S. Air Force Weapons School           phase Dec. 2, at the Nevada Test and       Dec. 14. The exercise included 34 inte-  newest weapons officers.
                                        Training Range.                            grated full-mission profiles, including
   NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. —                                                   units from around the Air Force and         Of the 34 missions executed in
The U.S. Air Force Weapons School’s        The Weapons School trains expert        joint community.                         WSINT, three showcased integrated
14th Weapons Squadron hosted 17 di-     instructors and leaders skilled in in-                                              _________See rescue, on page 6
verse units and other government agen-  tegrated battlespace dominance. The           This exercise is the culmination of

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