Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base  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  (36.244389, -115.052259).

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 
 
 Nellis Air Force Base (official web site)
 J. Catherene Wilman, A Pictorial History of Nellis Air Force Base 1941-1996 (Nellis AFB, 1997)

Pranala luar 

 Nellis AFB (GlobalSecurity.org)
 8081rt: Red Flag and Nellis AFB videos
 Aerial photo of Area 1. Munitions are stored in Area 2, to the east. (Mapquest/GlobeXplorer)
 
 

Pangkalan Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat
Fasilitas Angkatan Udara Amerika Serikat yang digunakan untuk percampuran
Transportasi di Las Vegas, Nevada
Tempat penetapan sensus di Nevada
Bandar Udara di Kabupaten Clark, Nevada
Militer di Nevada
Strategic Air Command