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Vol. 67 No. 11
May 26, 2017
Farewell Bullseye!
By staff sgt. Kristin High Base Wing Public Affairs also want to shift U.S. Air Force photo illustration by Staff Sgt. Kristin High
focus to telling the Nellis Airman’s story
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs at the squadron operations level,†said Lea Leadership from the 99th Air Base Wing and members of the 99th ABW Public
Greene, 99th ABW Public Affairs officer. Affairs office pose for a photo with the last printed edition of the Bullseye. The
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The “Not being tied to a print deadline allows public affairs office has produced the Bullseye newspaper for close to 66 years and
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs office has time for operations stories to develop fur- is moving toward an all-digital format to help revitalize the story telling formats.
documented and produced the missions of ther and go farther.â€
Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases and the
Nevada Test and Training Range for nearly Beyond the local printed paper, the pub-
66 years. lic affairs office uses many other formats
with greater flexibility through community
The base paper documented history, sto- engagement, the Nellis AFB website, DOD
ries, photographs and memories for more websites, social media and civilian media,
than half a century weekly or bi-weekly she added.
since July 7, 1951. That era is coming to an
end this week. The Nellis website [www.nellis.af.mil/]
generates over one million hits a month
This is the last issue of the Nellis Bullseye. which spikes to nearly 2.5 million during
More than a decade ago, the Air Force exercises and events such as Red Flag and
stopped producing base papers on base and Aviation Nation. Nellis AFB official social
started utilizing contractors. Now, with so- media posts on Facebook, Twitter, Insta-
cial media and the .mil websites, many bases gram and YouTube have an audience reach
have moved toward digital production only. averaging over 800,000 per day.
The public affairs office will continue to
produce articles and photos for the website, “Our Airmen do incredible things every
however the physical print will be comprised day, and it is an honor when they trust us to
of content from multiple bases through Aero- tell their story to the world,†said Greene.
tech News, contractor, which has published
the Bullseye for Nellis and Creech. For more information on submitting
“As the Air Force places more focus on articles and story ideas, contact the 99th
revitalizing the squadron, we at 99th Air Air Base Wing Public Affairs office at 702-
652-2750.
Restoring History: Wright Flyer arrives at Rancho High School
By senior Airman Kevin tanenbaum Flyer, an exact replica of the 1905 plane derbird chapter found out there was a The exact replica of the Wright Broth-
flown by the Wright Brothers, arrived possibility of obtaining a flyer for Rancho er’s aircraft was then transported in
99th Air Base Wing Public Affairs at Rancho High School, North Las Ve- High School, they contacted the non- pieces to Rancho High School where the
gas, for aviation students to learn from profit in Ohio where the aircraft resided. students will make repairs and assemble
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — reassembling and preparing the aircraft AFA Thunderbird Chapter Rancho avia- the flyer to its original form.
On Dec. 17, 1903, four miles south of for its appearance in the base’s Avia- tion academy teacher. After expressing
Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and tion Nation air show and open house in our interest in the flyer, the AFA worked “The flyer needs some cosmetic work
Wilbur Wright achieved a title that many November. out a deal with the group and delivered and minor repairs to the cloth wings
of the time sought after: first in flight. it to Rancho High School, said Bob Hale. ________ See wright, on page 6
Once the Air Force Association Thun-
On May 15, 2017, the USU Wright
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