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Nellis Air Force Base Quick Facts
The Desert Lightning News is the digital & print publication of Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases.
Print edition: 8,500 distributed every 2 weeks on Fridays. Digital Edition: 5,000 emailed by Base Command.
Digital edition posted to a highly targeted audience on Facebook comprised of military, civilian and contractor personnel.
Posted on community Facebook groups in Las Vegas. Posted on www.Facebook.com/NellisDesertLightningNews/
and www.NellisAFBNews.com.
Over 4,000 Facebook Subscribers and growing daily.
Posted on LinkedIn and Pinterest.
Total Economic Impact in NV: $5.5 billion* with a payroll of approx. $1.134 billion, combined Nellis and Creech AFBs.
Personnel: 20,000 approximately* -Military: 8,932
-Dependents: 23,398
-Retired: 29,375
-Reserve: 620
-Officer-enlisted ratio: Approximately 1 officer to
4 enlisted
-TDY: Approximately 414,000 per year -Veterans within market area: 212,000+ -Retiree payroll: $7.35 million*
Most live off-base as on-base housing is very limited. The base housing does not accommodate the civilian work- force, contractors or retirees.
*Statistics from Nellis AFB Commander; interview with Review Journal, published 05/08/17, and 2015 Nellis AFB Economic Impact Report..
Red Flag Exercise: Red Flag is the Air Force’s premier international air-to-air combat training exercise that pro- vides a realistic environment to train a variety of
domains: Air, ground, space and cyberspace. All four of the U.S. military services, their Guard/Reserve components and the air forces of other countries participate in each Red Flag exercise and make up
the “Red, White and Blue” forces in the mock battle. Since 1975, 28 countries have joined in. Red Flag 17-3, July 2017, welcomed the first F-35’s into the training exercise, flown by U.S. Marine Corps.
Training is conducted in conjunction with air and ground units of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and air forces from our allied nations.
Assigned Units: USAF Warfare Center, 57th Wing, 926th Group (AF Reserve), USAF Air Warfare Battlelab, Joint Unmanned Aircraft Center of Excellence,
USAF Thunderbirds.
Major Facilities on base: Base Exchange, Commissary, Fitness Center, outdoor recreation center,
Mike O’Callaghan Federal Hospital located off main base, less than one mile from main gate.
Extended education facilities on base:
Community College of Southern Nevada, University
Of Nevada Las Vegas-On Base Campus, Embry-Riddle
University-On Base Campus, University of Phoenix, University of Idaho Video Outreach Program.
Substantial interaction with other bases, services: Extensive interaction with all Air Force Bases through Red Flag exercises. Substantial interaction with allied air forces.
