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PHOTOS: Link in Team’s Chain

Teams of airmen from the engineers’ unit at Nellis Air Force Base, the 820th Red Horse Squadron, competed Thursday in the Warrior Challenge.

Contractor from Las Vegas killed in Afghanistan bombing

His family says a man who had recently been living in Las Vegas was one of two civilian contractors killed Monday by a suicide car bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan.

PHOTOS: The Art of Refueling at Altitude

Review-Journal photographer John Locher documents the experience of refueling military aircraft in flight over the Nevada Test and Training Range.

VA official: Half of Nevada’s disability claims sent out of state

The Veterans Affairs regional benefits office in Reno was so overwhelmed with disability claims last year that it sent half of them to out-of-state VA offices for decisions, according to a letter Rep. Dina Titus released Thursday from a top VA official.

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Nellis Air Force Base officer: ‘It’s not your father’s Red Flag’

More than 3,200 personnel and nearly 160 aircraft, pilots from the Australian Air Force, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force and U.S. forces participated in one of the biggest Red Flag exercises staged at Nellis Air Force Base.

Nellis airmen return from Horn of Africa to open arms

The magic moment happened for 30 airmen Wednesday evening at Nellis Air Force Base. After more than four months of absence and a couple hours of waiting, they returned to the arms of their loved ones following a rescue helicopter mission in the Horn of Africa.

Nevada National Guard’s Maj. Gen. Edsall dies at age 92

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Floyd L. Edsall, the namesake of the National Guard readiness center that was built in North Las Vegas in 1997, died Jan. 29 in Sparks. He was 92.

Red Flag military exercise back in force at Nellis training range

Royal Air Force Tornado fighter jets joined the chorus of man-made thunder Tuesday as military aircraft from the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom stormed off into a wintry sky toward the Nevada Test and Training Range to kick off another day of Red Flag exercises.

92 Air Force nuclear officers implicated in cheating scandal

Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James said Thursday the number of nuclear force officers implicated in a proficiency test cheating scandal has grown to 92 out of a force of 500.

Novelists to read from book they co-authored, ‘On Two Fronts’

Nevada National Guard soldier Adam Fenner and Lance Taubold will read an excerpt from their novel “On Two Fronts” and host a discussion with guests during a free public event at 1 p.m. Saturday at The Center, 401 S. Maryland Parkway.

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