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The winter holidays bring family fun, festivities, and traditions, but also brings extra safety precautions to take into consideration. Visit the Centers for Disease Control’s Winter Weather website for more information on winter safety tips https://www.cdc.gov/disasters/winter/index.html. (Courtesy Photo)

Dec. 19, 2017

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The winter holidays bring family fun, festivities, and traditions, but also brings extra safety precautions to take into consideration.

Two Creech Air Force Base members decorate a Christmas tree Dec. 2, 2017, at Creech AFB, Nev. Diamond Resorts International donated the tree and decorations as a thank you to Creech service members and their families. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

Dec. 12, 2017

Merry Creech-mas: 432nd Wing receives first Christmas tree

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Creech Air Force Base Hunters and Diamondbacks were surprised to see a live Christmas tree standing nearly 20 feet tall and positioned in front of the 432nd Wing building Nov. 30, 2017. Many members took immediate notice of the base’s new tree, loaded with colorful lights and vibrant decorations which contrasted with the surrounding brown, beige and grays of Nevada mountains, desert sands and highway tumbleweeds.

Retired Lt. Dave Col. Grossman refers to a photograph taken during the 9/11 terrorist attack to express what stress does to the human body Nov. 13, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. Grossman is a public speaker who focuses on the effects of combat and living a life of sacrifice. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Airman 1st Class Haley Stevens)

Dec. 6, 2017

Motivating Sheepdogs: Army colonel shares knowledge

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Retired U.S. Army Lt. Col. Dave Grossman recently visited team Creech to discuss living a life of sacrifice and coping with the effects of combat, Nov. 13-14, 2017. Grossman, a former U.S. Military Academy West Point Psychology professor and the director of the Warrior Science Group, has researched the psychological cost of military service and the war on terrorism and now uses that knowledge to educate service members, law enforcement professionals and university students across the U.S.

An MQ-9 Reaper flies a training mission Oct. 18, 2017, at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. MQ-9 and MQ-1 Predator aircrews helped liberate Raqqah, Syria, from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s control in early October. ISIS used the city as its capital for terrorist operations since January 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Christian Clausen)

Dec. 4, 2017

Raqqah liberated: Combat RPAs in the fight

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — U.S. forces, coalition partners and Syrian Democratic Forces liberated Raqqah, Syria from the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria’s control in early October. ISIS used the city as its capital for terrorist operations since January 2014. Combat remotely piloted aircraft such as the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper were heavily integrated during combat operations to liberate the city. RPA aircrews tirelessly flew more than 44,000 hours and employed approximately 20 percent of the coalition strike effort.

An MQ-9 Reaper assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing rests on the flightline as a A-10 Thunderbolt II flies overhead at the 2017 Aviation Nation Air and space Expo, Nov. 10, 2017, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev. More than 165,000 spectators attended the event and celebrated the U.S. Air Force's 70th birthday.

Nov. 22, 2017

Aviation Nation gets a visit from an MQ-1, MQ-9

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Airmen assigned to the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing displayed an MQ-1 Predator and an MQ-9 Reaper at the 2017 Aviation Nation Air and space Expo, Nov. 10-12, 2017, at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.

Eagle Eyes encourages people to familiarize themselves with the categories of suspicious behavior and provides them with a network of local, 24-hour phone numbers to call if someone witnesses possible threats.

Nov. 22, 2017

Eagle Eyes enables Airmen to ensure security

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The safety and security of each installation falls on the observations of the Airmen, civilians and retirees who occupy it. The Eagle Eyes program is an anti-terrorism initiative that relies on the awareness of base occupants and connects them to the proper authorities.

Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and select squadron commanders visited the United States Air Force graduating class of Basic Military Training Oct. 20, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Leaders of the premier MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper combat wing witnessed 700 trainees graduate to become the next generation of Airmen. (Courtesy Photo)

Nov. 2, 2017

RPA commanders visit newest Airmen

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Col. Julian Cheater, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander, and select squadron commanders visited the United States Air Force graduating class of Basic Military Training Oct. 20, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. Leaders of the premier MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper combat wing witnessed 700 trainees graduate to become the next generation of Airmen.

Tech. Sgt. Adam, 66th Rescue Squadron special missions aviator, asked audience members to close their eyes and allow themselves to experience his story as realistically as possible during a Storytellers event in the Creech auditorium, October 18, 2017. Adam began by describing what he could see, then moved to what he felt and finally shouted to the crowd the chaos that occurred over his headset. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Haley Stevens)

Oct. 26, 2017

Storytellers come to Creech

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — It isn’t rare for Airmen, across the Air Force, to do more than what is expected; to help others when they can and to inspire positivity in those around them. Sometimes, behind these actions, lies a story soaked in pain and washed in struggle.

The PAROC assumes responsibility of synchronizing, managing, and implementing flying, maintenance, and communications operations across 16 active duty and Air National Guard bases in the continental United States.

Oct. 18, 2017

New Operations Center in RPA enterprise

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — Since 1996, the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper enterprise has been engaged in continuous combat operations in multiple theaters around the world. As the demand for remotely piloted aircraft support grew, so did the U.S. Air Force’s reconnaissance and attack capabilities.This rapid expansion left the 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing with a need for tighter operational control. Thus the Persistent Attack and Reconnaissance Operations Center, a newly established single point of contact for combat operations was born and officially opened Oct. 16, 2017 at Creech Air Force Base.

The 232nd OS activated in 2007 and provides training on techniques and procedures associated with new innovations for the Remotely Piloted Aircraft community.

Oct. 18, 2017

Nevada National Guard unit celebrates 10 years of RPA operations

CREECH AIR FORCE BASE, Nev. — The 232nd Operations Squadron celebrated its 10th year anniversary as an associate unit integrated with the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center and the 432nd Wing at Creech Air Force Base, Nev. In the decade since its activation, the squadron's Airmen have acted as remotely piloted aircraft maintainers, sensor operators, pilots and intelligence specialists.

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