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vol. 5, no. 14 Serving Southern Nevada’s military community, including Nellis, Creech and NTTR July 9, 2021

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Air Force photograph by William R. Lewis
An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet assigned to the 6th Weapons Squadron lands after a training mission at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., March 16, 2021. The U.S. Air Force Weapons School
provides academic and advisory support to numerous units, enhancing air combat training for Airmen from the Air Force, Department of Defense and U.S. allied services each year.

Nellis AFB to become 5th Generation Center of Excellence

Air Force News generation aircraft and allow personnel “Our nation and joint force com- receive F-35s to support F-35 operational
recovery units to take advantage of the manders depend on us to control and ex- test requirements and additional F-35As
The Department of the Air Force an- synergy provided by collocating with ploit the air. To do that, we need the ad- from Eglin AFB, Fla., as part of the reac-
nounced plans June 30, 2021, to make other rescue units. ditional range and aircraft maintenance tivation of the 65th Aggressor Squadron
space for a larger fighter presence at The A-10 Weapons Instructor Course infrastructure capacity at Nellis to fully and additional F-22s for testing from
Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., by realigning and Test and Evaluation operations will test and train with our most advanced Tyndall AFB, Fla.
the base’s close air support and rescue transition in 2022. The HH-60 WIC, capabilities,” said Gen. Mark Kelly, com- The Air Force is also proposing
missions to Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz., Test and combat coded units to include mander, Air Combat Command. “Our improvements to the Nevada Test and
starting in fiscal year 2022. the 88th Test and Evaluation Squadron, rescue squadrons will continue to train Training Range to further support the
Moving the 4th-generation A-10 and 66th Rescue Squadron, 58th Rescue and hone their critical skills in support infrastructure required for current and
HH-60 aircraft squadrons from Nellis Squadron, the 34th Weapons Squadron of operational missions from their new future testing and training. It is the only
will free additional range capacity neces- and the 855th Aircraft Maintenance location.” location that can train 5th generation
sary to test and train warfighters in 5th- Squadron will move beginning in 2024. Currently, Nellis AFB is on track to systems in a live environment.

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