Bombs Dropped Before Emergency Landing
An Air Force pilot dropped two 500-pound bombs on restricted military land in southern Nevada after an engine malfunctioned in the fighter jet, forcing an emergency landing. Air Force spokesman Charles...
View ArticleRed Flag Returns To Nellis
Southern Nevada residents will notice more traffic in the sky starting Monday as Red Flag Training Exercises return to Nellis Air Force Base. Red Flag involves realistic combat training for U.S....
View ArticleRed Flag Exercises Scheduled
Officials say southern Nevada residents will see an increase in military flights in the skies over the Las Vegas area for the next three weeks while Nellis Air Force Base conducts Red Flag combat...
View ArticleFlags Lowered To Honor Fallen Soldier
Governor Brian Sandoval is ordering flags at the state Capitol to half staff in remembrance of Spc. Brian Tabada of Las Vegas, a soldier who died on February 27th in Afghanistan. “Spc. Brian Tabada of...
View ArticleArea Bases May Have Roles In Libyan Action
Pentagon officials began specifying roles that Southern Nevada’s two Air Force bases would play in policing a no-fly zone over Libya. Their use hinges on whether or not Moammar Gadhafi will follow...
View ArticleFA-18 Crash Near Central CA Air Station Kills Two
Fresno, CA – Both the pilot and weapons systems operator are dead in the crash of a Navy fighter jet in central California. Captain James Knapp, commander of Naval Air Station Lemoore, says the...
View ArticleNevada Guard Now Using Lakota Helicopters
The Nevada National Guard has begun using two new helicopters that officials say will cut search and rescue response times to southern Nevada. Helicopter Capt. Darren Chrisman tells the Las Vegas...
View ArticlePakistan’s Army Warns US Not To Stage More Raids
ISLAMABAD – Pakistan’s army broke its silence over the U.S. commando raid that killed Osama bin Laden, acknowledging its own “shortcomings” in efforts to find the al-Qaida leader but threatening to...
View ArticleRaptor Jets Grounded At Nellis
Fourteen F-22 Raptor jets have been put on stand-down at Nellis Air Force Base with the rest of the nation’s fleet as investigators look into possible malfunctions. Gen. William Fraser, commander of...
View ArticleGay Military Member Group Plans Vegas Conference
LAS VEGAS (AP) – A national association of gay, lesbian bisexual and transgender military personnel plan to host a conference in Las Vegas in October to help formulate strategies to reduce division...
View ArticleCRASH UPDATE: Nellis Grounds All Training Flights
LAS VEGAS(CBS) - The United States Air Force has suspended all air training at Nellis until further notice. The base flies close to 42,000 training missions a year, so a significant amount of flying...
View ArticleWayne Newton To Accept $20K Donation For Vegas USO
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Singer Wayne Newton is accepting a $20,000 donation on behalf of a Las Vegas USO group. The Las Vegas resident is scheduled to accept the donation from General Cigar Company and the...
View ArticleNellis Home to New Fighter Jets
(Nellis Air Force Base, NV) – Nellis Air Force Base will be home for the new F-35 Lightning Two aircraft. The Air Force says 36 of the new fighter jets will be housed at the Vegas facility starting...
View ArticleDefcon Convention Starts Today
Photo by: ABC News Federal intelligence officials are in Las Vegas this week to try to recruit hackers at the annual Defcon convention. The National Security Agency, Department of Defense, Department...
View ArticleEight Injured In Shelter Collapse At Nellis
Eight military personnel at Nellis Air Force Base are recovering from injuries after several aircraft shelters collapsed during a windstorm. The Air Force says winds of nearly 70-miles-an-hour hit the...
View ArticleNellis Official: Aviation Nation Spectators Safe
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A Nellis Air Force Base official says spectators face less risk at choreographed air show demonstrations like the upcoming Aviation Nation in southernNevada than at unscripted races...
View ArticleGay Military Conference Warned Not to Engage in Debauchery in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Organizers warned participants at the nation’s only professional group for active-duty gay military personnel not to engage in any debauchery while they were in Las Vegas this past...
View ArticleJoe’s Journal: The Troops are Coming Home!
Joe looks at President Obama’s press conference of having the troops return home soon.
View ArticleF-15 Crashes North Of Las Vegas; No Injuries
ALAMO, Nev. (AP) — An Air Force fighter jet has crashed in a remote area about 100 miles north of Las Vegas. Nellis Air Force Base spokesman Lt. Ken Lustig says the pilot ejected safely before the...
View Article155 Air Force Jobs To Be Eliminated In Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Air Force officials say a total of 155 civilian jobs will be eliminated at Nellis and Creech Air Force bases and the Nevada Test and Training Range. But Air Force spokeswoman Ann...
View ArticleEx-Navy SEAL Discharged After Conviction In Nevada
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A former Navy SEAL has been given an “other than honorable” discharge, two months after he was convicted in Nevada on 13 federal charges related to arms trafficking. The Las Vegas...
View ArticleVegas Man To Lead Presidential Communication Unit
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada Sen. Harry Reid is honoring a Las Vegas soldier who has served two decades in the Army and will soon lead the 1st Presidential Communications Command. Reid presented Major Sean...
View ArticleMan Steals Mourner’s Purse At Marine’s Funeral
GLENDORA, Calif. (AP) — A Southern California man has been arrested for breaking into a mourner’s SUV and stealing the woman’s purse during the funeral for her Marine Corps veteran father. Glendora...
View ArticleNellis Airman Charged With Murder
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A North Las Vegas man stationed at Nellis Air Force Base has been charged with murdering his wife. North Las Vegas police say 41-year-old Jarom Boyes shot Melissa Boyes on April 6....
View ArticleMilitary Aircraft Hard Landing Near Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Military officials say four crew members escaped injury when a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft made what investigators called a hard landing near Creech Air Force Base in...
View ArticleNevada Woman Gets Dad’s Purple Heart – 70 Years Later
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Seven decades after a Missouri soldier died in World War II, the daughter he never met is about to get his Purple Heart medal, along with the emotional letter her father wrote just...
View ArticleSaudi Airman’s Sexual Assault Trial Begins
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Jury selection is set to start in Nevada for the trial of a Saudi Arabian air force sergeant accused of raping a 13-year-old boy last New Year’s Eve at a Las Vegas Strip hotel....
View ArticleNevada University Offers ‘Drone Degrees,’ State Looks To Be Center Of Robot...
Reno, Nev. (CBS LAS VEGAS) – Universities are offering degrees in drone design, research and production across the country as engineering students at the University of Nevada-Reno prepare for their...
View Article3 On Leave After Allegations Of Improper Care For Veterans In Phoenix
PHOENIX (AP) — Three executives of the veterans hospital in Phoenix have been placed on administrative leave amid an investigation into allegations of corruption and unnecessary deaths at the facility,...
View ArticleUS Marine Held Captive In Iran Renouncing Iranian Citizenship
PHOENIX (CBS Las Vegas) — A 31-year-old former marine held captive in Iran is renouncing his Iranian Citizenship in hopes of being deported to the United States. Arizona-born Amir Hekmati has dual...
View ArticleCDR Kirk Lippold On The Heidi Harris Show
Commander Kirk Lippold, the former commander of the USS Cole when it was attacked back in 2000 by Al Qaeda, stopped by on the Heidi Harris Show to talk about how the USS Cole is returning to Yemen and...
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