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Vol. 66 No. 7
February 19, 2016
NAFB powered by sun:
Installation unveils DOD’s largest solar array
By Airman 1st Class Rachel Loftis U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Kleinholz patible with military requirements.”
To promote the U.S. Air Force’s
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs Col. Richard Boutwell, 99th Air Base Wing commander, addresses attendees at the
Nellis Solar Array II dedication ceremony Feb. 16 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. commitment to being good stewards
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The energy generated between the two Nellis AFB solar arrays is approximately 42 of the environment solar array II
The U.S. Air Force unveiled the Nellis percent of the kilowatts per hour needed to power the installation. construction began in March 2015.
Solar Array II during a dedication cer- SunPower Corp. built the $50 million
emony here Feb. 16, which combined of the Air Force and Sen. Harry Reid. will be the largest PVA in the Depart- Nellis AFB project that is owned and
with Solar Array I makes the installa- “The partnership we have with NV ment of Defense,” said Boutwell. “This operated by NV Energy on land leased
tion’s photovoltaic field the largest in goes hand-in-hand with one of the key by the U.S. Air Force.
the Department of Defense. Energy and SunPower began over nine purposes of our mission here in Ne-
years ago with the ribbon cutting of vada — to be a good neighbor, to find “It is a privilege to be here today as
The energy generated between the our first solar photovoltaic array, and ways where economic growth is com- (NV Energy) partners with Nellis Air
two is enough to power approximately combined today with the second array Force Base, but as importantly with the
9,000 southern Nevada homes as well men and women who serve our country
as approximately 42 percent of the and protect our freedoms every day —
kilowatts per hour needed to power thank you all for your service,” said
the installation. Paul Caudill, NV Energy CEO. “Our
power plant will provide clean renew-
The new array is connected to a new able energy for years to come for Nellis.
substation provided by NV Energy on Make no mistake about it; Nellis is an
Nellis Air Force Base. This will allow exceptional community partner and
the installation’s energy vulnerability customer for NV Energy.”
to be reduced by providing a mission-
critical redundant power source. Miranda A. A. Ballentine, Assistant
Secretary of the Air Force for Installa-
During the dedication ceremony, tions, Environment and Energy, said
Col. Richard Boutwell, 99th Air Base the Air Force is focused on continuing
Wing commander was accompanied
by representatives from NV Energy, ____________ See SUN, on page 7
SunPower Corp, Assistant Secretary
US Navy veterans from USS Nevada (BB-36) visit Nellis
By Petty Officer 1st Class Richard Rizzo Las Vegas Navy Operational Support ways of being in the Navy during World He said they were sent down a can of
Center staff Feb. 9. War II. peaches, “Thirteen peaches were in this
Las Vegas Navy Operational Support Center can and there were 12 of us. Each of us
The Sailors spent time with the Sailors Ninety-one-year old former Seaman got one peach and the last one we split
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — of today’s Navy and received a tour of the Apprentice Cliff Burkes spoke of his 80 into 13 small pieces.
Nearly 100 years after the battleship USS Nellis Air Force Base flight line. grueling hours as an 18-year-old, shoot-
Nevada was commissioned, March 11, ing in one of the USS Nevada’s 5-inch “We never moved from our gun turret
1916, five of the dozen still-living Sail- Lt. Cmdr. Micah Weller, NOSC com- gun turrets during the D-Day Invasion for those 80 hours,” Burke said.
ors assigned to the ship during World manding officer, spoke to the veterans of Normandy.
War II came to Las Vegas for the ship’s and their family members after they Weller told the USS Nevada veterans
reunion. watched a video of the 100th anniversary “I was so hungry, but we never stopped of the Navy’s smaller war ships of today
of the U.S. Navy Reserve celebration. shooting as the invasion was taking
The veterans were welcomed by the place”, Burkes said. ___________See BB-36, on page 3
The NOSC sailors learned of the tough
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