Nellis Air Force Base
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Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West
An aerial view of Nellis AFB taken in 2014
The Las Vegas Army Airfield had three runways in 1942, the year Tonopah Army Airfield opened in August (the Tonopah Bombing Range had been divided in 1941 into the Tonopah and Las Vegas General Ranges).
3595th PTW F-51D c. 1950 at a Nellis hangar
Fighter Weapons School F-80As c. 1950 in front of Frenchman Mountain, which is east of the valley
Tonopah Test Range Airport
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Tonopah Test Range Airport, at the Tonopah Test Range is 27 NM southeast of Tonopah, Nevada, and 140 mi northwest of Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a major airfield with a 12,000 ft × 150 ft runway, instrum
A satellite image of Tonopah Test Range Airport during 1990, when the 37th Tactical Fighter Wing equipped with the F-117A Nighthawk was stationed there
Tonopah Test Range Airport in 1982
HAVE DOUGHNUT (MiG-21F-13) flown during its 1968 exploitation
"Red 84" MiG-21F-13 taxiing past the control tower, 1986