Government scientists have successfully completed two drop tests of an aging and unarmed nuclear bomb at the Tonopah Test Range, National Nuclear Security Administration officials said Thursday.
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Lawmakers from Nevada on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to consult further with Congress as he considers a military strike to punish Syrian leaders for suspected use of chemical weapons.
The Marine Corps’ Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft that made a hard landing Monday during a training exercise caught fire after it impacted the high desert terrain near Creech Air Force Base, a Marine spokesman said Thursday.
It’s not secret. It’s not secluded. But an old Dodge dealership on the northern edge of Las Vegas definitely qualifies as a military facility — for the Army Reserves.
President Barack Obama bestowed the Medal of Honor on Army Staff Sgt. Ty Carter on Monday, saluting the veteran of the war in Afghanistan as “the essence of true heroism.” Carter risked his life to save an injured soldier and to resupply ammunition during intense fighting four years ago.
A Marine Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft made a hard landing Monday near Creech Air Force Base during a routine training operation, Air Force and Marine officials said Monday.
Maj. Nidal Hasan has been convicted of premeditated murder for the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood. That means he’s now eligible for the death penalty.
Gov. Brian Sandoval has picked retired Army Col. Kat Miller to replace Caleb Cage as director of the Nevada Office of Veterans Services.
A B-1B bomber crashed in a remote area of southeastern Montana on Monday, but its four crew members survived after ejecting from the South Dakota-based aircraft, Air Force officials said.
Col. Michael Hanifan is going to need all the skills he learned at West Point to lead the Nevada Army National Guard in a new direction when he takes command of it next month.
WASHINGTON — Newly declassified government documents made public Thursday are shedding some of the official mystery surrounding Nevada’s role in developing spy planes of the Cold War.
The Green Zone website got off the ground Wednesday with a promise to carry on the safe-haven tradition for Nevada’s 300,000 veterans by providing a cyberspace place for them to find jobs by connecting with employers and tap education and health care benefits.
An Air Force unit that operates one-third of the nation’s land-based nuclear missiles has failed a safety and security inspection, marking the second major setback this year for a force charged with the military’s most sensitive mission, the general in charge of the nuclear air force told The Associated Press on Tuesday.
Jack Leaming was among the last local survivors of the attack on Pearl Harbor and a survivor of the brutality of more than 3 1/2 years in Japanese prisoner of war camps. He died Aug. 5 at age 93.
Anti-nuclear activists from the Nevada Desert Experience and Code Pink commemorated the 68th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Nagasaki, Japan with a peace vigil outside the Nellis Air Force Base main gate.
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