Editing Nellis Air Force Base (section)

=====474th Tactical Fighter Wing=====
The [[474th Tactical Fighter Wing]] was reassigned [[Cannon Air Force Base|from New Mexico]] to Nellis AFB on 20 January 1968{{r|Mueller}} and was the first USAF operational wing equipped with the [[General Dynamics F-111]]<ref name="F111">Thornborough, Tony (1993), Osprey Aerospace, 1993. F-111 Aardvark—USAF's Ultimate Strike Aircraft {{ISBN|1-85532-259-5}}</ref>—6 of the F-111As departed Nellis [[Takhli RTAFB|for Vietnam]] on 15 March 1968 ([[Combat Lancer]]). Nellis provided replacements for 2 lost F-111s, and the F-111s returned to the USA{{Where|date=June 2012}} in November 1968.<ref name="F111" /> The wing's 428th Tactical Fighter Squadron reached [[initial operational capability|IOC]] in spring 1968 with F-111s, and the TFW was fully operational in July 1971.<ref name="F111" /> The [[Lake Mead Base]], a 1953–6 [[United States Navy]]'s weapons storage area of {{Convert|6999|acre|abbr=on|disp=flip}}, became Area II of the Nellis AFB complex in September 1969.{{r|USACE2010}}

The 430th TFS returned to the 474th TFW Nellis on 22 March 1973 assuming a replacement training unit mission, while the 428th and 429th were transferred to [[Mountain Home AFB]] on 30 July 1973. Post-war the 474th's mission was to train combat-ready force of aircrews and maintained a rapid-reaction capability to execute fighter attacks against enemy forces and facilities in time of crisis.<ref name="F111" /> In 1975, the 428th and 429th Tactical Fighter Squadrons were reassigned to the wing with F-111As (transferred to [[Mountain Home AFB]], Idaho, in August 1977)<ref name="F111" /> and the 474th Wing absorbed the [[F-4D Phantom II]] aircraft, crews, and resources of the inactivating provisional 474th Tactical Fighter Wing at Nellis in April 1977.{{r|Mueller}} The wing was inactivated in September 1989, and its F-16As transferred to [[Air National Guard]] and [[Air Force Reserve]] squadrons.{{r|Mueller}}