Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base Las Vegas Army Airfield
Bagian dari Air Combat Command (ACC)
Located near: Las Vegas, Nevada
A flight of Aggressor F-15 Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcon "Agressor" aircraft assigned to the 64th and 65th Aggressor squadrons at Nellis Air Force Base.
Jenis	Air Force Base
Koordinat	36°14′10″N 115°02′03″W / 36.23611°N 115.03417°W / 36.23611; -115.03417 (Nellis AFB)
Dibangun	1941
Digunakan	1941-Present
Pengawas	Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat
Garnisun	57th Wing 98th Range Wing 99th Air Base Wing

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Location of Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base (IATA: LSV, ICAO: KLSV) merupakan sebuah pangkalan Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat, di Kabupaten Clark, Nevada, di sisi timurlaut Las Vegas. Juga ditetapkan sebagai tempat penetapan sensus oleh Sensus Amerika Serikat untuk keperluan statistik, dan informasi demografi mengenai penghuni pangkalan ini digabung. Tahun 2000, pangkalan ini memiliki jumlah penduduk 8.896 jiwa.

Sebuah instalasi Air Combat Command (ACC), Nellis adalah lokasi Pusat Peralatan Perang Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat dan lokasi pelatihan untuk awak pesawat tempur AS dan asing. Pangkalan ini dinamai untuk William Harrell Nellis, seorang penduduk Las Vegas dan pilot P-47 yang tewas ketika bertugas selama Pertempuran Bulge.

Pangkalan ini menduduk wilayah seluas 11.300 ekar (46 km²). 62 persen wilayahnya kosong, sementara yang tersisa beraspal atau memiliki struktur.

Pangkalan terbagi menjadi tiga wilayah besar yang berfungsi.

• Area I termasuk lapangan udara dan kebanyakan peralatan pendukung misi.
• Area II di timur Area I dan memiliki penyimpanan munisi.
• Area III berada di seberang Las Vegas Boulevard dari Area I. Memiliki perumahan, Rumah Sakit Federal Mike O'Callaghan, dan ruang terbuka.

Nevada Test and Training Range terletak di barat Nye dan beberapa kabupaten lainnya.

Geografi

Pangkalan Udara Nellis terletak di 36°14′40″LU,115°3′8″BB (36.244389, -115.052259)^[2].

Menurut Biro Sensus Amerika Serikat, pangkalan ini memiliki total wilayah seluas 3.1 mil persegi (8.0 km²), kesemuanya berupa daratan.

Unit

Nellis adalahrumah bagi lebih banyak skuadron daripada Pangkalan Udara manapun.

Pusat Peralatan Perang Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat

• 53d Wing (Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; 53rd Wing has 17 subordinate unit locations nationwide)
  • 53d Test and Evaluation Group
    • 422d Test and Evaluation Squadron
  • 53d Test Management Group Eglin Air Force Base
    • 59th Test and Evaluation Squadron
• 57th Wing
  • 57th Operations Group
    • 57th Operations Support Squadron
    • 6th Combat Training Squadron
    • 12th Combat Training Squadron
    • 548th Combat Training Squadron
    • 549th Combat Training Squadron
  • 57th Adversary Tactics Group
    • 57th Operations Support Squadron
    • 64th Aggressor Squadron
    • 65th Aggressor Squadron
    • 414th Combat Training Squadron
    • 507th Combat Training Squadron
    • 547th Intelligence Squadron (IS)
  • 57th Maintenance Group
    • 57th Logistics Support Squadron
    • 57th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
    • 57th Component Maintenance Squadron
    • 57th Equipment Maintenance Squadron
    • 757th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron
  • USAF Advanced Maintenance and Munitions Officer School
  • USAF Weapons School
  • USAF Air Demonstration Squadron (The Thunderbirds)
• 98th Range Wing
• 99th Air Base Wing responsible for the operation of Nellis and Creech Air Force Bases
  • 99th Civil Engineer Squadron
  • 99th Communications Squadron
  • 99th Comptroller Squadron
  • 99th Contracting Squadron
  • 99th Mission Support Group
    • 99th Civil Engineer Squadron
    • 99th Communications Squadron
    • 99th Contracting Squadron
    • 99th Logistics Readiness Squadron
    • 99th Mission Support Squadron
    • 99th Services Squadron
  • 99th Medical Group
    • 99th Aerospace Medicine Squadron
    • 99th Dental Squadron
    • 99th Medical Operations Squadron
    • 99th Medical Support Squadron
    • Surgical Operations Squadron
    • Inpatient Operations Squadron
  • 99th Security Forces Group
    • 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron
    • 99th Security Forces Squadron
    • 99th Security Support Squadron
  • 99th Services Squadron

Unit lainnya

• 64th Air Rescue Squadron Civil Air Patrol
• 65th Air Rescue Squadron Civil Air Patrol
• 66th Air Rescue Squadron

Unit sebelumnya

• 11th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 15th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 17th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 30th Reconnaissance Squadron
• 474th Tactical Fighter Wing

Lihat pula

• Aviation Nation
• Nellis Solar Power Plant

Catatan kaki

• FAA Airport Master Record untuk LSV (Form 5010 PDF)
• Nellis Air Force Base (official web site)
• J. Catherene Wilman, A Pictorial History of Nellis Air Force Base 1941-1996 (Nellis AFB, 1997)

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