A nonprofit will push for legislation that will help veterans receive compensation for their exposure to toxic chemicals while working at a nuclear test site in the 1980s.
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North Las Vegas police have accused a former airman of raping his family’s 16-year-old babysitter.
At Nellis AFB, the U.S. Air Force Weapons School, reserved for the branch’s most talented pilots, is housed in the Boyd Building, named after renowned fighter pilot and military tactician Col. John Boyd.
The Veterans Protection from Fraud Act would increase penalties to up to 10 years in prison for fraud targeting a veteran, including mail fraud, general fraudulent schemes and more.
An inspector for the Department of Veterans Affairs identified deficiencies in a Las Vegas VA clinic’s response to a severely ill elderly patient who died in 2021.
Officials are investigating what happened to the staff sergeant, who failed to return from a land navigation course.
Quilts of Valor were bestowed on Vietnam War veterans during a reunion at the Embassy Suites in Las Vegas.
The Air Force base said in a tweet Thursday that the dates were changed “due to emerging mission requirements.”
Pentagon officials have canceled an upcoming drag event at the Nellis Air Force Base, even though the family-friendly show had been previously approved by the Air Force.
The Memorial Day ceremony on Monday attracted hundreds to the Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Boulder City.
The helicopters will be able to perform search-and-rescue missions in nearly any local environment.
Retired Air Force Lt. Col. James Abraham died March 27. In the 1970s, he was the general manager of the Aladdin casino.
Veterans who worked at sites in Nevada in the 1980s are seeking compensation for health problems they’ve experienced in the decades since.
Markel Ellison had been assigned to the Air Force base’s 432nd Wing, a squad known as the “Hunters.”
The helicopters landed in a field near a residential area with no injuries on the ground, Brig. Gen. John Lubas, the 101st Airborne deputy commander, said.
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