La Base de la Fuerza Aérea Nellis ( coloq. " Nellis " ) es una instalación de la Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos en el sur de Nevada con escuelas militares y más escuadrones que cualquier otra base de la USAF. [ cita requerida ] Nellis organiza ejercicios de combate aéreo como el Ejercicio Bandera Roja y ejercicios de apoyo aéreo cercano como Bandera Verde-Oeste volado en el " Espacio aéreo del Área de Operaciones Militares (MOA) ", [3] asociado con el cercano Campo de Entrenamiento y Pruebas de Nevada ( NTTR). La base también tiene el CombinadoCentro de Operaciones Aéreas y Espaciales -Nellis.
Base de la Fuerza Aérea Nellis | |||||||||
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Las Vegas , Nevada en los Estados Unidos de América | |||||||||
Nellis AFB Ubicación en los Estados Unidos | |||||||||
Coordenadas | 36 ° 14′57 ″ N 114 ° 59′46 ″ W / 36.24917 ° N 114.99611 ° W [1] | ||||||||
Tipo | Base de la Fuerza Aérea de EE. UU. | ||||||||
Área | 4.600 ha (11.300 acres) | ||||||||
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Dueño | Departamento de Defensa | ||||||||
Operador | Fuerza Aérea de los Estados Unidos | ||||||||
Controlado por | Comando de combate aéreo (ACC) | ||||||||
Abierto al publico | Sí, con restricciones ( Museo Thunderbirds y tours) | ||||||||
Condición | Operacional | ||||||||
Sitio web | Página web oficial | ||||||||
Historia del sitio | |||||||||
Construido | 1941 (como aeródromo del ejército de Las Vegas) | ||||||||
En uso | 1941 - presente | ||||||||
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Comandante actual | Coronel Cavan K. Craddock | ||||||||
Guarnición | Ala 99 de la Base Aérea (Anfitrión) | ||||||||
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Información del aeródromo | |||||||||
Identificadores | IATA : LSV, OACI : KLSV, FAA TAPA : LSV, WMO : 723865 | ||||||||
Elevación | 569,6 metros (1.869 pies) AMSL | ||||||||
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Fuente: Administración Federal de Aviación [2] |
Historia
Después de la Primera Guerra Mundial , Nevada y otros estados del interior del oeste fueron examinados por el capitán Lowell H. Smith y el sargento. William B. Whitefield para los lugares de aterrizaje, y para "mediados de 1925, el Servicio Aéreo poseía información sobre casi tres mil quinientos lugares de aterrizaje, incluidas más de dos mil ochocientas áreas de aterrizaje de emergencia, en los Estados Unidos". [4] El aeródromo de 1929 (pista de tierra, pozo de agua y pequeña choza de operaciones) al norte de Las Vegas —operado por el Western Air Express de 1925 para la ruta 4 del correo aéreo por contrato (CAM), LA - a - SLC - fue utilizado por el Cuerpo Aéreo del Ejército en la década de 1930 para vuelos de entrenamiento. Después de la invasión de Polonia en 1939, el "tablero del sitio occidental" había localizado un área del sur de Nevada "cerca de Tonopah, Nev " en abril de 1940 para un rango militar, [5] y en octubre de 1940, el Mayor del Cuerpo Aéreo David Schlatter inspeccionó el suroeste Estados Unidos para un aeródromo militar. [6] "El área de 60 × 90 millas en Tonopah fue transferida al Departamento de Guerra el 29 de octubre de 1940" [5] por Orden Ejecutiva 8578. [7]
Campo McCarran
Renombrado a McCarran Field a mediados de la década de 1930, [8] hubo "dificultades para asegurar el uso" del aeródromo al norte de Las Vegas para un aeródromo del ejército de la Segunda Guerra Mundial en Nevada . [5] McCarran Field fue comprado el 2 de enero de 1941 por la ciudad de Las Vegas , fue arrendado al ejército el 5 de enero y fue "cedido" al cuerpo de intendencia el 25 de enero; la construcción del ejército comenzó en marzo de 1941. [9] ] : 2-1 El Edificio Federal de la ciudad se convirtió en mayo de 1941 en la ubicación del 79º destacamento del Grupo de Base Aérea (5 oficiales de estado mayor comandados por el teniente coronel Martinus Stenseth ), y un mes después llegaron 5 suboficiales administrativos más otro personal de apoyo. [8] [ Verificación fallida ] Los cuarteles de la WPA en Las Vegas se utilizaron para los hombres alistados, y el grupo de motores con 6 camiones antiguos y un semirremolque estaba al lado del cuartel de la WPA. Las piezas de vehículos eran de estaciones de servicio locales y la gasolina y el aceite del Cuerpo de Conservación Civil [ ¿dónde? ] (los burdeles del Bloque 16 en Las Vegas fueron cerrados.) [10] [ enlace muerto ] La construcción permanente de cuarteles para albergar a 3,000 personas comenzó a mediados de 1941, y para el 7 de diciembre , 10 entrenadores de vuelo avanzados AT-6 Texan y 17 Martin Los bombarderos B-10 estaban en el aeródromo.
Aeródromo del Ejército de Las Vegas
El aeródromo del ejército de Las Vegas se activó y comenzó el entrenamiento de vuelo el 20 de diciembre de 1941. [11] El entrenamiento de artillería comenzó en enero de 1942, y las plataformas de camiones de armas se utilizaron en enero y febrero. [9] . : 2–3 [6] Muchas piezas de los objetivos de los drones aéreos destruidos ensucian la ladera al norte del campo de tiro, y se pueden ver en la ciudad cuando el sol se refleja en ellos.
Las primeras Fortalezas Voladoras B-17 llegaron en 1942 y permitieron el entrenamiento de 600 estudiantes de artillería y 215 copilotos desde el campo cada cinco semanas en el punto álgido de la guerra. Se entrenó a más de 45.000 artilleros de B-17; la película de entrenamiento de la USAAF The Rear Gunner fue filmada en el aeródromo en 1943. [12] El ala de entrenamiento de vuelo 82d (artillería flexible) se activó en la base como una de las diez alas de comando de entrenamiento de vuelo de las Fuerzas Aéreas del Ejército el 23 de agosto de 1943. [13 ] : 18 Para 1944, los estudiantes de artillería utilizaban aviones de combate B-17, B-24 Liberator y B-40 Flying Fortress (por ejemplo, disparando a objetivos remolcados por aviones).
En marzo de 1945, la base cambió al entrenamiento de artillería B-29 que incluía al entrenador de manipulación en el suelo con pistolas de cámara. [ cita requerida ] La población subsiguiente alcanzó su punto máximo con casi 11,000 oficiales y personal alistado, incluidos más de 4,700 estudiantes. El entrenamiento de artillería flexible terminó en septiembre de 1945, [9] : 2-3 y la base se convirtió en un centro de desmovilización para los exámenes físicos de separación de los soldados y el pago final. Un curso de entrenamiento de navegantes, bombarderos y operadores de radar planeado para LVAAF se inició en el aeródromo del ejército de Mather en junio de 1946. [11] : 43 El Comando de Entrenamiento de la AAF cerró la LVAAF, que pasó al estado de cuidador el 28 de agosto de 1946 ("desactivado oficialmente en enero de 1947 "). [9] : 2–3 Durante la planificación de una fuerza aérea separada, la AAF de Las Vegas se reactivó "el 30 de agosto de 47 como una subinstalación de Mather", [14] : 350 y se transfirió a la USAF después de que se creara la sucursal en Septiembre.
Base de la Fuerza Aérea de Las Vegas
Renombrada Base de la Fuerza Aérea de Las Vegas el 13 de enero de 1948 [11] : 63 y asignada como una subinstalación de Williams AFB el 1 de abril, [14] el Ala de Entrenamiento de Pilotos 3595 (Avanzado Monomotor) se estableció el 22 de diciembre de 1948. [11 ] : 54 El entrenamiento comenzó en Las Vegas AFB el 1 de marzo de 1949 con 5 escuadrones [15] usando P-51 Mustangs para un curso de 6 meses (se necesitaban entrenar a 3.000 pilotos de la USAF para 1950). [13] El 3525º Escuadrón de Artillería de Aeronaves se activó el 11 de febrero de 1949, la base acogió la 1ª Reunión de Artillería de la USAF el 2 de mayo, y ATC abrió su Escuela de Artillería de Aeronaves LVAFB el 15 de mayo de 1949. [9] : 2–3
Nellis AFB
La Base de la Fuerza Aérea de Nellis fue nombrada el 30 de abril de 1950, y la dedicación del 20 de mayo de 1950 contó con la presencia de la familia del teniente Nellis . [16] Para el 1 de julio, la Fuerza Aérea había ordenado a ATC que acelerara el entrenamiento de la Guerra de Corea para una nueva Fuerza Aérea de 95 alas. La primera escuela se abrió en Nellis, y ATC redesignó el Ala de Entrenamiento de Pilotos 3595 (Un solo motor avanzado) como Ala de entrenamiento 3595 (Equipo de combate). [13] El 17 de julio de 1950, Nellis comenzó un programa de entrenamiento de pilotos de reemplazo para proporcionar 115 pilotos FEAF F-51 Mustang y 92 pilotos F-80 Shooting Star listos para el combate . El entrenamiento avanzado de piloto de un solo motor de Nellis se transfirió a Alabama el 1 de septiembre de 1950. [ ¿cuál? ] Nellis asumió el entrenamiento de cazabombarderos, y ATC estableció su Escuela de Tripulación Aérea de la USAF (Caza) el 14 de noviembre de 1950, equipada con F-80 y F-84C Thunderjets de los primeros modelos . El 1 de octubre, las funciones de gestión de la base de Nellis AFB se transfirieron [ especificar ] de Williams AFB. [13] A principios de 1951, ATC asignó mecánicos de motores y aviones recién graduados a Nellis para que aprendiera el mantenimiento de aviones a reacción. [13] El aeródromo se amplió de 1951 a 1954 con pistas de aterrizaje más largas, calles de rodaje reconfiguradas y una rampa de estacionamiento de aviones más grande; y las estructuras de madera de la Segunda Guerra Mundial fueron reemplazadas por estructuras de hormigón y acero (por ejemplo, cuarteles y viviendas de base para el personal casado). Las primeras casas Wherry se completaron en 1954, y las casas Capehart actualizadas se completaron en febrero de 1960. [15]
Escuela de Armas de Combate de la USAF
La Escuela de Armas de Combate de la USAF fue designada el 1 de enero de 1954 por el escuadrón [ verificación necesaria ] cuando la Escuela de Tripulación Aérea graduó su última Clase de Entrenamiento de Tripulación de Combate (la misión principal de la Escuela de Armas fue la formación de instructores de artillería). [13] A mediados de la década de 1950. para las pruebas nucleares de la Operación Teapot , 1 de los 12 Comandantes de Zona tenía su base en Nellis AFB para el enlace con la comunidad / relaciones públicas [17] (las armas para otras pruebas atómicas se almacenaron en Nellis). [ cita requerida ] El Comando de Entrenamiento Aéreo suspendió el entrenamiento en la escuela de armas de combate de Nellis a finales de 1956 debido a la falla casi total [ aclaración necesaria ] del avión F-86 Sabre usado en Nellis, [13] y durante 1958 ATC descontinuó su Entrenamiento de Vuelo y formación técnica.
Comando aéreo táctico
Nellis AFB se transfirió al Comando Aéreo Táctico el 1 de febrero de 1958, [13] y la misión Nellis pasó de la calificación inicial de aeronaves y el entrenamiento de artillería a un entrenamiento avanzado de armas de nivel de posgrado. Poco después de la transferencia a TAC, el F-100C, F-100D y la cabina en tándem F-100F ingresaron al inventario de la escuela. El 21 de abril de 1958, un F-100F en un vuelo de entrenamiento desde Nellis estuvo involucrado en una colisión en el aire con el vuelo 736 de United Airlines . Los 47 a bordo del avión y los dos pilotos de la Fuerza Aérea en el avión de combate murieron. [18] Los activos del ala 3595a fueron redesignados como el Grupo de Entrenamiento de Tripulaciones de Combate 4520 por TAC el 1 de julio de 1958.
4520th Combat Crew Training Wing
The 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing was designated from the 4520th CCTG on 1 May 1961, and the Combat Crew training squadrons were renumbered.[15] The 4537th Fighter Weapons Squadron had been assigned F-105D Thunderchiefs in March 1961, and the wing taught veteran pilots in all phases of fighter weapon employment: air-to-air gunnery, rocketry, conventional and nuclear bombing, aerial refueling, and combat navigation. The F-4 Phantom II Instructor Course began in mid-1965[20] and during the Vietnam War, experienced combat pilots were used as Fighter Weapons instructors at Nellis. On 1 January 1966 the USAF Fighter Weapons School was activated at Nellis with F-100, F-4, and F-105 divisions and on 1 September 1966, Fighter Weapons School elements and the 4520th CCTW merged to activate the 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing.[15]
USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center
The USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center activated at Nellis AFB on 1 January 1966 (USAF Warfare Center after 15 November 2005) is the USAF authority for employment of tactical fighter weapons.[21] The center has developed, refined, coordinated, validated and tested fighter concepts, doctrine, tactics, and procedures. The FWC also performed operational test and evaluation and prepared or monitored Air Force publications on employment tactics, aircrew training, and aircrew weapons delivery. It has supervised courses of the US Air Force Fighter Weapons School, adversary tactics training, and Wild Weasel training, and other combat and tactical schools.[21]
The FWC supervised Red Flag operational training and other continuing air exercises, such as Green Flag and Silver Flag Alpha. The center also directed operations of the US Air Force Bomber and Tanker, Employment School since 1992 and the Air Rescue Center since 1993.[21] The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron with the United States Air Force Thunderbirds moved from Arizona to Nellis AFB in June 1956.[21]
474th Tactical Fighter Wing
The 474th Tactical Fighter Wing was reassigned from New Mexico to Nellis AFB on 20 January 1968[15] and was the first USAF operational wing equipped with the General Dynamics F-111[22]—6 of the F-111As departed Nellis for Vietnam on 15 March 1968 (Combat Lancer). Nellis provided replacements for 2 lost F-111s, and the F-111s returned to the USA[where?] in November 1968.[22] The wing's 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron reached IOC in spring 1968 with F-111s, and the TFW was fully operational in July 1971.[22] The Lake Mead Base, a 1953–6 United States Navy's weapons storage area of 2,832 ha (6,999 acres), became Area II of the Nellis AFB complex in September 1969.[9]
The 430th TFS returned to the 474th TFW Nellis on 22 March 1973 assuming a replacement training unit mission, while the 428th and 429th were transferred to Mountain Home AFB on 30 July 1973. Post-war the 474th's mission was to train combat-ready force of aircrews and maintained a rapid-reaction capability to execute fighter attacks against enemy forces and facilities in time of crisis.[22] In 1975, the 428th and 429th Tactical Fighter Squadrons were reassigned to the wing with F-111As (transferred to Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, in August 1977)[22] and the 474th Wing absorbed the F-4D Phantom II aircraft, crews, and resources of the inactivating provisional 4474th Tactical Fighter Wing at Nellis in April 1977.[15] The wing was inactivated in September 1989, and its F-16As transferred to Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve squadrons.[15]
57th Fighter Weapons Wing
The 57th Fighter Weapons Wing was activated at Nellis on 15 October 1969 to replace the 4525th FWW (its Fighter Weapons Squadrons transferred to the 57th).[15] The USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (the "Thunderbirds") was assigned to the 57th in February 1974, and the wing incorporated intelligence training after March 1980.[15] Redesignated the 57th Tactical Training Wing in 1977, the wing trained tactical fighter aircrews, conducted operational tests and evaluations, demonstrated tactical fighter weapon systems, and developed fighter tactics. The 57th's 4440th Tactical Fighter Training Group (Red Flag) assumed operational control of Red Flag exercises in October 1979; and the 57th developing realistic combat training operations featuring adversary tactics, dissimilar air combat training, and electronic warfare.[15]
Nellis' 4477th Tactical Evaluation Flight ("Red Eagles") operated MiG-17s, MiG-21s and MiG-23s at the Tonopah Test Range Airport (late 1960s-c. 1990) to simulate combat against U.S. combat aircraft.[23] Named Constant Peg in 1980, the operation assessed the Soviet technology and developed adversary tactics for dissimilar air combat training. After completion of training, the Aggressor pilots were assigned to the DACT squadrons, one of which was assigned to Nellis.[24] During the 1970s, a site northwest of Nellis evaluated a Soviet "Barlock" search radar to develop techniques for countering Soviet air defense systems.[25][failed verification]
The USAF Fighter Weapons School reactivated 30 December 1981 in the 57th wing[26] and the 66th, 414th and 433d Fighter Weapons Squadrons became its "A-10", "F-4E" and "F-15A" divisions (the 414th was the "Red Flag Training Squadron" in 1996).[13]:205 The 422d FWS aircraft and personnel became the "F-16 Division" and the squadron heraldry transferred to the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron.[15] The FWS mission expanded on 15 June 1993 to include all Air Combat Command weapons (B-52 & B-1 Divisions) and in 1995, rescue helicopters (HH-60 Division). RC-135 Rivet Joint and EC-130 Compass Call courses were also added to the CCO Division in 1995, as well as a Space Division in 1996 (UAVs in 2008).[26]
In 1981, the Gunsmoke gunnery meet was first held[6] and the 57th Fighter Weapons Wing was reorganized as part of the establishment of the Fighter Weapons School, e.g., the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron for aircraft modifications was established on 30 December 1981 from the 422d Fighter Weapons Squadron. In 1990, the 64th and 65th Tactical Fighter Training Aggressor Squadrons and the 4440th TFTG were inactivated in 1990 at the end of the Cold War.[19] In November 1991, the 57th implemented the USAF Objective Wing organization which was the most comprehensive USAF reorganization plan since 1947,[27] activating the 57th Operations Group for Nellis airfield operations and establishing the 57th Test Group.[21]
Air Combat Command
Nellis transferred to Air Combat Command on 1 June 1992,[9] at the end of the Cold War when Tactical Air Command was inactivated. The 57th Wing was designated on 15 June 1993 from the 57th Operations Group in conjunction with the introduction of the RQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV). The USAF Combat Rescue School was also established in 1993 for HH-60 Pave Hawk instructional flying.[27] "In 1996, AETC moved the PJ Advanced Weapons Course from Nellis AFB to Kirtland AFB".[13]:319 The 98th Range Wing was activated at Nellis on 29 October 2001 for Nellis Air Force Range control (previous range control was by the FWC.)[citation needed] After Detachment 13, 372d Training Squadron opened its F/A-22 maintenance training facility on 29 November 2001,[13]:324 on 14 January 2003 Nellis received the first production F-22A Raptor for the F-22 Force Development Evaluation program and Weapons School (12 Raptors had been assigned to the 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron by July 2008.)[21]
"Aggressor" training was reactivated under the 57th Operations Group in 2003[21] and in 2006 Nellis had the Air Ground Operations School.[6]:13 On 1 May 2007, the UAV reconnaissance elements assigned to the 57th Operations Group transferred to the 432nd Wing.[21] Detachment 1 of the Space Warfare Center was established at Nellis in 1996 after the "Nellis Combined Air Operations Center",[28] the Warfare Center transferred Nellis Air Force Range control to the 98th Range Wing in 2001,[21] and the annual Aviation Nation airshow began at Nellis in 2002. The Nellis Solar Power Plant constructed 23 April–December 2007 on Nellis' west side was visited by president Barack Obama on 27 May 2009. In 2010, the 505th Operations Squadron operated the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis.[29]
The 57th Adversary Tactics Group merged into the 57th Operations Group on 31 March 2020.[30] On 1 June 2020 the 800th Rapid Engineer Deployable, Heavy Operational Repair Squadron, Engineer (RED HORSE) Group activated at Nellis, with the 820th Red Horse Squadron as a subordinate unit.[31]
Major commands to which assigned
- West Coast Air Corps Training Center, April 1941
- Air Corps Flying Training Command, 23 January 1942 and various subsequent designations through Air Training Command, 1 July – 31 December 1946, 30 August 1947
- Tactical Air Command, 1 July 1958
- Air Combat Command, 1 June 1992 – present
Major units assigned
- 79th Air Base Group, 7 July 1941
- 70th Base HQ and Air Base Squadron, c. 14 August 1942
- 82d Flying Training Wing (Flexible Gunnery) 8 January 1943 – 16 June 1946
- 3595th Pilot Training Wing, 1 April 1948[11]:54 – 1 July 1958
- 4520th Combat Crew Training Wing, 1 July 1958 – 1 September 1966
- 4525th Fighter Weapons Wing, 1 September 1966 – 15 October 1969
- 474th Tactical Fighter Wing, 20 January 1968 – 15 October 1989
- 57th Wing (Various Designations), 22 August 1969 – present
- 554th Operations Support Wing, 1 March 1980 – 1 November 1995
- USAF Fighter Weapons School, 1 January-1 September 1966; 30 December 1981 (USAF Weapons School on 15 June 1993)
- 4477th Tactical Evaluation Flight ("Red Eagles"), 1 April 1975 – 1990
- USAF Tactical Fighter Weapons Center, 1 September 1966[32] (USAF Warfare Center on 15 November 2005)
Rol y operaciones
Nellis Air Force Base is known by the USAF as the "Home of the Fighter Pilot" and is the Air Force's focus for advanced combat training. The main unit at Nellis is the USAF Warfare Center, which coordinates training for composite strike forces involving aircraft types from across the USAF inventory, accompanied by air and ground units of the US Army, US Navy, US Marines, and aircraft from other NATO and allied nations. Training is delivered through a series of exercises which typically take place at the Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR), the primary examples being Exercise Red Flag and Exercise Green Flag (West).[33]
As of October 2019, Nellis employed 9,500 military and civilian personnel. The total military population is more than 40,000, including family members and retired military personnel in the area.[33]
The base also supports operations at nearby Creech Air Force Base, Tonopah Test Range, and the Nevada National Security Site. Nellis ground systems for range operations (e.g., by callsign "Nellis Control") include the Computer and Computed Subsystem used to receive microwave signals from the NTTR Ground-Based per Station the Tracking and Communications Subsystem (TCS) for presentation on Nellis' Display and Debrief SubSystem (DDS).[34]
Nellis Area I has the airfield (2 runways and ramp space for up to 300 aircraft), recreation and shopping facilities, dormitories/temporary lodging, some family housing,[8] "and most of the command and support structures",[9] e.g., Suter Hall for Red Flag.[6] Nellis Area II northeast of the main base "at the foot of Sunrise Mountain"[35] (formerly the U.S. Navy's Lake Mead Base) has Nellis Gun Club[36] and the 820th Red Horse Squadron. Nellis Area III is west of the main base with family housing, administration and industrial areas, and the Mike O'Callaghan Federal Hospital.[8] Area III also includes a 9.5 ha (23.4 acres) munitions response area (MRA XU741) which had World War II storage for small arms ammunition, pyrotechnics, and chemical bombs and that now includes 2 remaining World War II buildings (numbers 1039 & 1047), 5 modern igloos, and RV storage.[9]:5–38
Unidades basadas
Flying and notable non-flying units based at Nellis Air Force Base.[37][38][39]
Units marked GSU are Geographically Separate Units, which although based at Nellis, are subordinate to a parent unit based at another location.
United States Air Force
Air Combat Command
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Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC)
Air Force Reserve Command (AFRC)
Department of DefenseUnited States Strategic Command
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Geografía
Nellis AFB covers about 4,600 ha (11,300 acres) in the northeast corner of the Las Vegas Valley, an alluvial basin in the Basin and Range Province.[9] Since World War II, Nellis has had areas added, such as Area II in 1969, but still has about 2,800 ha (7,000 acres) of undeveloped space. One World War II runway has been removed.[9] The base has 3 areas (I, II, III). The United States Geological Survey names five different locations for the base: "Nellis Air Force Base", the airfield, the post office, a Community College of Southern Nevada campus, and the census-designated place (CDP).[1]
Historical population | |||
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Census | Pop. | %± | |
1970 | 6,449 | — | |
1980 | 6,205 | −3.8% | |
1990 | 8,377 | 35.0% | |
2000 | 8,896 | 6.2% | |
2010 | 3,187 | −64.2% | |
see references [40] & [41] |
Census-designated place
The Nellis Air Force Base CDP is an 8.0 km2 (3.1 sq mi) region defined by the United States Census Bureau as of the 2010 United States Census. The CDP area includes military family housing (e.g., in Nellis Areas I & III), dormitories, and lodging as for aircrew temporary quarters during Red Flag exercises.
Nellis AFB complex
The Nellis Air Force Base Complex is a group of southern Nevada military areas that are predominantly USAF and Bureau of Land Management areas outside of the base (e.g., controlled by military units at Nellis). The complex's land areas include Nellis AFB, the USAF Nevada Test and Training Range, the active portion of the Small Arms Range Annex north of the base, the annex's Formerly Used Defense Site of 2,337 hectares (5,775 acres) (cleared in March 1972, returned to the DoI),[9] 13 BLM areas of 2.3 ha (5.7 acres) each leased for Patriot Radar/Communications Exercises, and other BLM sites "under Military Operations Area (MOA) airspace".[3] Nellis AFB also leases space at the former Las Vegas AFS,[citation needed] and environmental sites of the Tonopah Bombing Range (FUDS) are monitored by the EPA. Additional Formerly Used Defense Sites associated with the area's military operations are the Nye County Areas A, G, H, & I; the "Delamar Dry Lake Test Annex"[42] and the "Sunrise Mountain Machine Gun Range".[43]
En la cultura popular
- A scaled-down version of Nellis Air Force Base appears in the 2010 video game Fallout: New Vegas. The base's inhabitants were killed by nuclear radiation during the Great War of 2077. In the game's starting year of 2281, it is occupied by a militaristic, xenophobic tribe of survivors from Vault 34, calling themselves "Boomers".
- The base is briefly mentioned at the end of Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines. The base is said to be under attack from the machines.
Ver también
- List of United States Air Force installations
- Nevada World War II Army Airfields
Notas
- ^ a b "Geographic Names Information System" (search page). USGS. Retrieved 6 June 2013.: Nellis AFB "Airport" (2443876, 361408N 1150224W),
Nellis AFB CDP (2408911, 361448N 1150326W),
Nellis Air Force Base (2511960, 361457N 1145946W),
Nellis AFB Post Office (865017, 361432N 1150244W, 01-MAY-1992),
Community College of Southern Nevada Nellis Air Force Base Center (2087468) - ^ "Airport Diagram – Nellis AFB (KLSV)" (PDF). Federal Aviation Administration. 15 August 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 August 2019. Retrieved 1 September 2019.
- ^ a b c Huntley, Chris, Proj. Mgr. (August 2008). …Patriot Communications Exercises in Lincoln County, Nevada (PDF) (Report). AFD-081006-078. Aspen Environmental Group. pp. 3–28. Archived from the original (Final Environmental Assessment) on 4 March 2013. Retrieved 6 February 2013.
- ^ Maurer, Maurer. Aviation in the US Army, 1919–1939 (Report). ISBN 0-912799-38-2.
- ^ a b c Futrell, Robert F. (July 1947). Development of AAF Base Facilities in the United States: 1939–1945 (Report). ARS-69: US Air Force Historical Study No 69 (Copy No. 2). Air Historical Office.
Difficulties in securing the use of the gunnery ranges at Las Vegas, Nevada, and Tyndall Field, Florida, delayed the beginning of flexible gunnery training at those stations until December 1941
- ^ a b c d e Rininger, Tyson V. (2006). "History of Nellis Air Force Base". Red Flag: Air Combat for the 21st Century. ISBN 9780760325308. Retrieved 10 June 2013.
- ^ Final Inventory Project Report, Tonopah Bombing Range (Report). Project Number – J09NV1114. USACE Sacramento District. September 1999.
Executive order 8578 was executed on October 29, 1940 for the withdrawal of 3,560,000 million acres (1.44×1010 km2) of land from the public domain for use by the War Department as an aerial bombing and gmnery range (CE0769).
- ^ a b c d "Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada". The Military Standard – Air Force Bases. TechBastard.com. Retrieved 6 June 2013.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Comprehensive Site Evaluation Phase II (PDF) (Report). June 2010. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2013. Retrieved 8 June 2013.
- ^ "Las Vegas' Past". NetPhilosophy.Com. Retrieved 8 November 2008.
- ^ a b c d e Manning, Thomas A (2005). "Installations". History of Air Education and Training Command, 1942–2002. pp. 42–tbd. Retrieved 9 June 2013.
INSTALLATIONS Las Vegas Field, Nevada Air Training Command inactivated the base on 31 December 1946. From its activation on 20 December 1941, Las Vegas AAF had conducted flying training.
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Throughout 1944, B-29 gunners received practically the same training as those for other aircraft, but at the end of the year a few of them began to receive training in B-24s modified by the addition of central fire control turrets to make them more like B-29s. Then, as the year progressed, Buckingham Field, Florida; Las Vegas Field. Nevada; and Harlingen Field, Texas, all began offering B-29 gunnery instruction … Among the training devices used in this instruction was the manipulation trainer- 1 2 towers arranged to resemble a formation of planes. The towers ranged in height from 10 to 40 feet, each equipped with 2 nose. 2 tail. 2 ring sighting, and 4 blister positions. As students in these positions faced simulated attacks from PT-13 and PT-17 aircraft, they "fired" camera guns at the attacking fighters. … Two hurricanes, one in September and the other in October, destroyed Boca Raton Field in Florida [which] accelerated the move of the radar school to Keesler
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Activated as Las Vegas AAF 20 Dec 41. Conducted flying training until inactivated 31 Dec 46. Activated 30 Aug 47 as a subinstallation of Mather AFB. Assigned as a subinstallation of Williams AAF 1 Apr 48 to provide advanced training for fighter pilots. Redesignated Nellis AFB and activated 30 Apr 50. Conducted flying and combat crew training until transferred to Tactical Air Command 1 Jul 58.
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- Ravenstein, Charles A. (1984). Air Force Combat Wings Lineage and Honors Histories 1947–1977. Maxwell AFB, Alabama: Office of Air Force History. ISBN 0-912799-12-9.
enlaces externos
- Official website
- Desert Lightning News (southern Nevada edition) – base newspaper
- Hanson, Robert A. (1 January 2002). "Air Combat U - At the USAF Fighter Weapons School in 1957, the instructors were mean, but the aircraft were meaner". Air & Space Smithsonian. Archived from the original on 12 April 2019.