A fatal plane crash last month near Nellis Air Force Base was the result of a flap issue, according to a preliminary report released Friday.
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Maj. Sarah Spy has wanted to be a pilot since she was a little girl. Now, at 37, she has become the first female flight instructor pilot for the Nevada Air National Guard.
The jets are lined up eight deep, F-16s with muzzles and tail fins painted a star-spangled red, white and blue. The Thunderbirds are ready to roll.
“This is so disrespectful for a man like him, a war hero,” a longtime friend said.
During World War II, Wendover’s airfield served as a base for B-17 and B-24 bomber crews and was the training site of the B-29 unit that dropped the atomic bombs.
From the Thunderjet to the Fighting Falcon, these are Thunderbird team jets.
A Las Vegas charity has been organizing the event for over 10 years before both Memorial Day and Veterans Day.
The Clark County coroner’s office has identified the pilot involved in the fatal fighter jet crash that occurred Monday in northeast Las Vegas.
Drivers passing by the gateway to Nellis Air Force Base will be greeted by a new sculpture meant to invoke aviation and a sense of doing your very best.
The pilot of a fighter jet owned and operated by a military contractor died when the aircraft crashed in a northeast Las Vegas neighborhood Monday.
Lt. Col. Justin Elliott, a squadron commander at Nellis Air Force Base, will lead the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds.
Peter Cytanovic, known from a viral photo during the 2017 white nationalist rally, was essentially expelled from the Nevada Army National Guard in December.
The Nevada National Guard, the Clark County Fire Department, the Las Vegas Fire Rescue bomb unit and the FBI will participate in an emergency response exercise this week in Las Vegas.
The Thunderbirds returned to Nellis Air Force Base from the Cocoa Beach Air Show in Florida, according to a statement from the squadron.
They are returning home to Nellis Air Force Base from the Cocoa Beach Air Show in Florida, where they kicked off their new show season.