Funeral Homes near Nellis AFB

Facts about the city

Nellis Air Force Base (\"Nellis\" colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada with military schools and more squadrons than any other USAF base. Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in \"Military Operations Area (MOA) airspace\". associated with the nearby Nevada Test and Training Range (NTTR). The base also has the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis.

Nellis AFB Obituaries

It was revealed on July 6th, 2011 that Eric "Dirk" Ziegler died in Nellis AFB, Nevada.  Send flowers to share your condolences and honor Eric "Dirk"'s life.

It was noted by Albuquerque Journal on October 5th, 2007 that Jeff Taylor passed away in Albuquerque, New Mexico.  Taylor was 51 years old and was born in Nellis AFB, NV.  Send flowers to express your sympathy and honor Jeff's life.

History

It is seven nautical miles (13 km) northeast of the central business district of Las Vegas, Nevada Vegas. Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located in Clark County, Nevada County, Nevada. Lieutenant Nellis was killed on December 27, 1944, during his 70th mission, while flying his P-47 Thunderbolt on a ground support mission during the Battle of the Bulge near Bastogne, Belgium. It was named in honor of P-47 pilot 1st Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis, who was killed in WWII during the Battle of the Bulge.

Nellis Air Force Base was named in honor of 1st Lieutenant William Harris Nellis (1916-1944) on April 30, 1950. .

The official website for the city of Nellis AFB is https://www.nellis.af.mil/.