Story by Maj. Jason Sanchez | 144th Fighter Wing | 10.05.2024
Approximately 120 Airmen and six F-15C Eagles from the 144th Fighter Wing participated in blue air support with the 17th Weapons Squadron at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, from Sept. 3 to 19, 2024. During this temporary duty assignment, the 144th FW’s 194th Fighter Squadron pilots teamed up with 17th WPS pilots to defeat red air adversaries in complex training scenarios. The 17th Weapons......
Story by Master Sgt. Steph Sawyer | 142nd Wing | 05.02.2024
For two weeks in April, 140 Airmen from the 142nd Wing trained and supported the U.S. Air Force’s Weapons Instructor Course at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada....
Story by Airman James DeCicco | 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard | 01.12.2023
A pilot with the 167th Airlift Wing, Martinsburg, West Virginia, recently completed the intensive Weapons Instructor Course at the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada....
Story by 2nd Lt. Nicolle Smith | Nellis Air Force Base | 02.11.2021
The newest Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) called Control Reporting Center (CRC) WIC was activated at the United States Air Force Weapons School (USAFWS) at Nellis Air Force Base, Jan. 8, 2021....
Courtesy Story | Nellis Air Force Base | 10.19.2020
Similar to the way one might piece together a puzzle, the schedulers and NTTR members work together to de-conflict training requests and maintain the flow of operations on the range....
Story by Airman 1st Class Dwane Young | Nellis Air Force Base | 09.23.2020
Red Flag, an air-to-air combat exercise for pilots, and Green Flag, a ground combat training exercise, are two of the largest training operations in the Department of Defense. The NTTR enables training opportunities like these, while also providing a practice home to the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration team and daily flying operations for squadrons based at Nellis....
Story by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck | 62nd Airlift Wing | 06.06.2020
The 62nd Operations Support Squadron (62nd OSS) and 57th Weapons Squadron from Joint Base Lewis-McChord (JBLM), Washington, and the 437th Airlift Wing (AW) from Joint Base Charleston, South Carolina, in conjunction with Air Mobility Command (AMC), tested an updated dynamic re-tasking capability (DRC) system during a weapons instructor course joint force exercise over the Nevada Test and......
Story by Airman 1st Class Mikayla Heineck | 62nd Airlift Wing | 05.01.2020
Instructors from the 57th Weapons Squadron (57 WPS) and seven students in the C-17 Weapons Instructor Course (WIC) and Advanced Instructor Course (AIC) participated in an aeromedical evacuation exercise April 23 at the Yakima Training Center (YTC), Washington. The goal of the course is to train students to be tactical experts in their combat specialty while also learning the art of......
