FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada ~ 6 MAY 2014

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Road Trip: Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada

Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, in Clark County, Nevada, on the northeast side of Las Vegas. An installation of the Air Combat Command (ACC), Nellis is the location of United States Air Force Warfare Center and a major training location for both U.S. and foreign fighter aircraft aircrews.

The base is named for William Harrell Nellis, a Las Vegas resident and Air Force P-47 pilot who died in action during the Battle of the Bulge.

Nellis, an integral part of the United States Air Force’s Air Combat Command, is known as the “Home of the Fighter Pilot.” It is the pinnacle of advanced air combat aviation training.

The base’s all-encompassing mission is accomplished through an array of aircraft: A-10; F-15C; F-15E; F-22A; F-16; RQ-1A and MQ-1 Predator remotely piloted aircraft; and HH-60G helicopters. Nellis’ work force of approximately 12,000 military and civilian people makes it one of the largest single employers in southern Nevada.

Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., is one of the largest fighter bases in the world. Aircraft from Nellis operate on the Nevada Test and Training Range, which offers more than 15,000 square miles of airspace and 4,700 square miles of restricted land.

More than 75 percent of all live munitions used by the Air Force for training are dropped on the Nevada Test and Training Range. Many communities in southern Nevada see and hear Nellis aircraft 24 hours a day, seven days a week. From 100 feet above the ground to twice the speed of sound, Nellis conducts advanced combat training, performs operational test and evaluation, and develops tactics.

Learn More About Nellis Air Force Base Here!

The U.S. Air Force Demonstration Team, The Thunderbirds, is located at Nellis Air Force Base.

The 3600th Air Demonstration Team was declared operational on June 1, 1953, although the team itself had been together and practicing for about 6 weeks prior. At this time the team had no name. There already were the Sky-Blazers, Blue Angels, Acrojets, and now the 3600th Air Demonstration Team? This just wouldn't do. During June 1953, a contest was held at Luke AFB, home of the 3600th, to pick a name for the new team. The name chosen was "Thunderbirds".

Learn More About The Thunderbirds Here!

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[luvie]

Good evening, Lauren! Had to watch 24! LOL!

Great road trip...but I’m sooooo over desert heat already! It was 98 today. Ugh!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Publius, for Rachmaninov’s “The Star Spangled Banner”. ((HUGS))

[The Mayor]

Thank you for the thread!!

Weather, mostly cloudy today high of 48, no rain.
Tomorrow they say will be sunny and 58... We will see.

[Fast Moving Angel]

Yup. Years ago, got to see the T-birds’ hangar and ready room ... fun tour!!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Mac...*HUGS*...did you sally forth today? Recovered from yesterday’s gardening?

Off for home to see if my Mom has been planting her petunias. I got them yesterday. Her choice. Big smile, and good to see.

[ConorMacNessa]

Welcome To All Who Enter This Canteen, To Our Serving Military, To Our Veterans, To All Military Families, To Our FRiends and To Our Allies!



Missing Man Setting

"Träumerei"
Robert Schumann
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Never Forget The Brave Men And Women Who
Gave Their Lives To Secure Our Freedom!!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[yarddog]

12,000 employees!

That is a big base.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Cool glasses...they do make one look more alien. d:o)

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody,

(((((HUGS)))))

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy!

*HUGS*

I did indeed Sally Forth today - a good day, all in all. I'm still a hurtin' ballplayer - and went walking all over Home Depot after work looking for plumbing items, etc. Moving very slow now.

America demands Justice for the Fallen of Benghazi!

O stranger, tell the Lacedaemonians that we lie here, obedient to their command.

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[mylife]

It aint like the movies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h_s53MJVqLI

[ConorMacNessa]

GOD BLESS AND PROTECT OUR TROOPS AND OUR BELOVED NATION!


TATTOO
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Must retire for the evening -

For Every Morn' Brings Forth A Noble Chance,
And Every Chance Demands A Noble Knight!

The Bugler, his grim visage replete with an evil sneer,
already mounts the parapet.

Soldiers of the Greatest Generation
Stand The Watch Tonight!





Standing With Them
T/4 Harvey E. Rookus, USA!



T/4 Harvey E. Rookus, USA
Hq. China Combat Command, WWII
TAPS
U.S. Marine Band
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"Do poor Tom some charity, whom the foul fiend vexes!"

(King Lear, Act III, Scene iv)



All Gave Some – Some Gave All!!!
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Good night, God bless you, and God bless the United States of America!

Godspeed our Troops around the Globe – especially those in harm’s way – by virtue of their service and sacrifice we continue to live in Freedom!

Genuflectimus non ad principem sed ad Principem Pacis!

"Riamh nár dhruid ó sbairn lann!"

Listen, O isles, unto me; and hearken, ye people, from far; The LORD hath called me from the womb; from the bowels of my mother hath he made mention of my name. (Isaiah 49:1 KJV)

[luvie]

48 there? It was 98 here. Can’t we just meet in the middle somewhere? Yeesh!

[yarddog]

[The Mayor]

Agreed!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, ML...((HUGS))...how’s the headache?

Any lessons the day after the recital?

[mylife]

Pt2

[Kathy in Alaska]

Those are the days I wish I had a whirlpool tub.

[mylife]

God Bless Ya Doc.

https://www.facebook.com/restrepothemovie/posts/159228977442100?comment_id=1691907

Gnight

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, Mac, for the Missing Man Setting as we remember those who have given their all that we may gather safe and secure.