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The Size Of Nellis Afb?

Atcboy73 From United States of America, joined Sep 2001, 1100 posts, RR: 3
Posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 10 hours ago) and read 1564 times:

In the world of Air Force Bases, how big of an operation is Nellis (Las Vegas)?

Is it in any jeopardy of being shut down?

If I understand right, the Thunderbirds are based there. What other groups/aircraft types are based there?

Thanks

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Schreiner From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 960 posts, RR: 2
Reply 1, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1464 times:

HUGE... ive got a pic... ill try to get it here...

BRB,

Schreiner

Soaring the internet...

Schreiner From Netherlands, joined Oct 2001, 960 posts, RR: 2
Reply 2, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1467 times:

Satelite pic of Nellis AFB.

Cheers,
Schreiner

Soaring the internet...

Lt-AWACS From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR:
Reply 3, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 7 hours ago) and read 1459 times:

Nellis is in no real danger of shutting down. THe Air Force Fighter Weapons School is there and the huge Red Flag exercises are run there. I finished one late last year and go again in month myself. Dreamland is the huge testing area to the northwest along with the huge bombing range. Also at the base there is a huge red horse squadron and many other tenants.

Nice pic BTW.

Ciao and Hook 'em,
Lt-AWACS

Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21
Reply 4, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 6 hours ago) and read 1453 times:

Nellis and all its gunnery and other ranges is about 60-70% the size of the state of Nevada.
Most of the land is useless for anything else (apart as a wildlife sanctuary which it actually is, most military terrain has abundant wildlife that doesn't mind the occasional bomb or jetblast too much, the animals know to stay out of the dangerzone).

I wish I were flying

Contact_tower From Norway, joined Sep 2001, 536 posts, RR: 1
Reply 5, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1455 times:

I got that pic as a ilustration of Area 51 one time, damm I've been had again! Big grin

Contact_tower From Norway, joined Sep 2001, 536 posts, RR: 1
Reply 6, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1448 times:

The US geological survey think this is Nellis AFB, oh well! Big thumbs up

http://terraserver.homeadvisor.msn.com/image.asp?S=13&T=1&X=422&Y=2507&Z=11&W=2

IMissPiedmont From United States of America, joined May 2001, 6203 posts, RR: 43
Reply 7, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 3 days 5 hours ago) and read 1443 times:

The USGS is correct. The picture posted by Schreiner is indeed Groom Lake.

What is it with all the "is there a possibilty airline X will.." threads? The answer it'll is possible.

Jwenting From Netherlands, joined Apr 2001, 10213 posts, RR: 21
Reply 8, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 13 hours ago) and read 1407 times:

well, Groom Lake is part of Nellis AFB, just not all of it (it's a very small part in fact).
It's like giving a picture of Manhattan when you're talking about New York (state or city Smile/happy/getting dizzy

I wish I were flying

Globemaster From Germany, joined Sep 2001, 102 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 9 hours ago) and read 1400 times:

You can try the Air Force Units Search Engine on
http://www.globemaster.de/html/skyunits.html

When you search for NELLIS, you should get all aircraft operating units homebased at Nellis AFB.

Contact_tower From Norway, joined Sep 2001, 536 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 5 hours ago) and read 1389 times:

I can bye that Groom Lake is a part of the Nellis Range, but maybye not AFB......

Exnonrev From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 621 posts, RR: 4
Reply 11, posted (11 years 1 month 2 weeks 2 days 2 hours ago) and read 1387 times:

The base proper (14,000 acres) is in the middle of the pack among AF bases. The Nellis Range Complex is another 2.8 million acres.