Military
A sudden swoosh followed by an ear-splitting roar from the fighter jet’s engines shattered the silence along the sun-drenched runway.
A Red Flag air combat training exercise commenced this week with more than 70 warplanes from the United States, Colombia and the United Arab Emirates flying from Nellis Air Force Base through July 27.
It’s been 66 years since Linda Thornley’s father witnessed the explosions of two atomic bombs. Her father, Ed B. Thornley, died in 2004 without sharing the experience with anyone because of the secret nature of his work during a career in radio communications that spanned the Cold War.
A Nellis Air Force Base doctor who broke his leg while hiking in Northern California, then ended up saving the life of one of his rescuers, who was struck by a helicopter rotor blade, said he still feels guilty about the incident. “This never would have happened if I hadn’t broken my leg,” said Maj. Jeremy Kilburn, a critical care pulmonologist.
Ten-year-old Ferious Nieves was among 100 children of Nellis airmen who participated in the USA Basketball Hoops for Troops clinic at the base’s 3-month-old Warrior Fitness Center. “It was fun,” said Nieves, the son of Tech. Sgt. Jason Nieves. Legendary NBA coach Lenny Wilkens said the program “shows young people we have a lot of interest in them.”
After he broke his leg and needed to be evacuated from a national forest in Northern California, Nellis Air Force Base doctor Jeremy Kilburn was called on to save the life of his rescuer.
