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  • Exercise ACE Reaper debuts in Hawaii

    Airmen and Marines from across the country joined together for the first Agile Combat Employment Reaper exercise which kicked off Sept. 8 and is expected to run through Oct. 8, 2021. This exercise is one of the very few times the MQ-9 Reapers have flown in the Pacific.Approximately 60 service

  • Creech conducts MWD retirement

    Lt. Col. Kevin, 432nd Security Forces Squadron commander, presents a certificate of retirement to Jimy, 432nd SFS military working dog, and his handler Tech. Sgt. Luis, 432nd SFS MWD handler, at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Nov. 13, 2020. Jimy served as an MWD for more than eight years. (U.S. Air

  • Creech activates 432nd Mission Support Group

    Col. Stephen Jones, 432nd Wing/432nd Air Expeditionary Wing commander, officiated the historic standup of the wing’s Mission Support Group during an installation command assumption ceremony, July 11, 2019.At the event, Nellis Air Force Base leadership deactivated the 799th Air Base Group, and Creech

  • Team Creech observes SAAPM 2019

    Tech. Sgt. Janai, 799th Air Base Squadron personnelist, participates in a “Chalk The Walk” event to raise awareness of sexual assault and child abuse at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, April 23, 2019. More than 150 Airmen attended the event, which included a barbecue and information booths manned by

  • Creech Showcases RPA enterprise to AFCENT leadership

    Lt. Gen. Joseph Guastella, U.S. Air Forces Central Command commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Shawn Drinkard, AFCENT command chief, visited Creech Air Force Base, Nevada, Jan. 16, 2019.Guastella and Drinkard visited different operational flying squadrons on base and the Persistent Attack and

  • Disturbed, USO get Creech ‘down with sickness’

    The USO brought heavy-metal band Disturbed to Creech to meet the Airmen behind the Remotely Piloted Aircraft mission and perform the base’s first-ever concert Oct. 23, 2018. “The music is meant to empower,” said David Draiman, lead vocalist of Disturbed. “It’s meant to strengthen people; it’s meant

  • Phantom of Takur Ghar: The Predator above Roberts Ridge

    A once quiet landscape turned battlefield, the clash of gunfire and shouts ripped through the Shahi-Kot Valley in the early hours of March 4, 2002. As part of an early war effort that targeted al Qaeda and Taliban forces in Afghanistan, the Battle of Roberts Ridge is still known as one of the

  • From helos to chapels: The journey to helping others

    While the dust settles for just a moment before the hot wind whisks it away once more in the desolate Nevada desert, the Chaplain is making his rounds. He’s chatting up Remotely Piloted Aircraft Airmen and checking up with how they’re doing, however, he’s no ordinary Chaplain. Today, Chaplain

  • A family legacy: 65 years in the making

    As he rolled open his desk drawer to reveal a military patch once worn by his father, Maj. Phillip’s gaze lingered on the 432nd Tactical Fighter Wing emblem in his grasp. His eyes seemed to search for the memories woven between the black and maroon threads before setting it down next to his