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34th WPS graduates first WIC built for HC-130J Combat King II Jun 21, 2017 - The U.S. Air Force Weapons School's 34th Weapons Squadron capitalized on planning and collaboration to graduate its first class of students June 17 in the Class 17A HC-130J Combat King II weapons instructor course, laying the foundation to increase HC-130J weapons officers in the Combat Air Forces. [Read more...]	Dobbins flies with more than 100 aircraft in joint forcible entry exercise Jun 21, 2017 - As the sun slowly rose over the eastern horizon, 19 C-130 aircraft, both Hercules and Super Hercules models, made their way across the Nevada landscape. While the aircraft progressed towards their target, the gorges and canyons below seemed like nothing more than a web of cracks across the countryside. [Read more...]

79th RQS hones skills during Red Flag 16-3 Jul 18, 2016 - For a pararescue Airmen, there is one simple creed that they live by, ‘That others may live’. Whether those “others” are down range or are on American soil in a training environment, the 79th Rescue Squadron, from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona came to Nellis to participate in Red Flag 16-3 so they can uphold that creed. [Read more...]	C-130 Weapons Instructor Course celebrates 20 years Jul 01, 2016 - The C-130 Weapons Instructor Course celebrates its 20-year anniversary June 24, 2016, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The course, as some say, is a leadership course disguised as a tactics course. [Read more...]
Air Force first for Exercise Red Flag at Nellis Jan 26, 2015 - The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) is preparing to participate in Exercise Red Flag, which commences tomorrow in the United States. [Read more...]	317th AG delivers during massive JFE Dec 11, 2014 - On Dec. 6, eleven C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 317th Airlift Group participated in a joint forcible entry exercise at Nellis Air Force Base. That same morning, a combined 24 C-130H and J models from the 317th AG and multiple Air National Guard Bases from across the United States took off from Dyess Air Force Base. [Read more...]

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