Editing Nellis Air Force Base (section)

== Role and operations ==
Nellis Air Force Base is known by the USAF as the "Home of the Fighter Pilot" and is the Air Force's focus for advanced combat training. The main unit at Nellis is the [[United States Air Force Warfare Center|USAF Warfare Center]], which coordinates training for composite strike forces involving aircraft types from across the [[List of active United States Air Force aircraft|USAF inventory]], accompanied by air and ground units of the [[United States Army|US Army]], [[United States Navy|US Navy]], [[United States Marine Corps|US Marines]], and aircraft from other [[NATO]] and allied nations. Training is delivered through a series of exercises which typically take place at the [[Nevada Test and Training Range]] (NTTR), the primary examples being [[Exercise Red Flag]] and Exercise Green Flag (West).<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=Fact Sheet – Nellis Air Force Base|url=https://www.nellis.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/Display/Article/284174/nellis-air-force-base/|date=October 2019|website=Nellis Air Force Base|publisher=US Air Force|language=en-US|access-date=26 May 2020}}</ref>

As of October 2019, Nellis employed 9,500 military and civilian personnel. The total military population is more than 40,000, including family members and retired military personnel in the area.<ref name=":0" />

The base also supports operations at nearby [[Creech Air Force Base]], [[Tonopah Test Range]], and the [[Nevada National Security Site]]. Nellis ground systems for range operations (e.g., by [[callsign]] "Nellis Control") include the Computer and Computed Subsystem used to receive microwave signals from the NTTR Ground-Based per Station the Tracking and Communications Subsystem (TCS) for presentation on Nellis' Display and Debrief SubSystem (DDS).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.dreamlandresort.com/info/nellisranges.htm|title=Nellis Based Exercises|publisher=DreamLandResort.com}}</ref>

Nellis Area I has the airfield (2 runways and ramp space for up to 300 aircraft), recreation and shopping facilities, dormitories/temporary lodging, some family housing,{{r|TechBastard}} "and most of the command and support structures",{{r|USACE2010}} e.g., Suter Hall for Red Flag.{{r|Rininger}} Nellis Area II northeast of the main base "at the foot of [[Sunrise Mountain (Nevada)|Sunrise Mountain]]"{{cn|date=October 2023}} (formerly the U.S. Navy's Lake Mead Base) has Nellis Gun Club<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nellis.af.mil/sportsandfitness.asp|title=Nellis Air Force Base - Sports and Fitness|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130527151757/http://www.nellis.af.mil/sportsandfitness.asp|archive-date=27 May 2013|url-status=dead|access-date=13 June 2013}}</ref> and the 820th Red Horse Squadron. Nellis Area III is west of the main base with family housing, administration and industrial areas, and the [[Mike O'Callaghan]] Federal Hospital.{{r|TechBastard}} Area III also includes a {{Convert|23.4|acre|ha|adj=on|order=flip}} munitions response area (MRA XU741) which had World War II storage for small arms ammunition, pyrotechnics, and chemical bombs and that now includes 2 remaining World War II buildings (numbers 1039 & 1047), 5 modern [[igloos]], and [[Recreational vehicle|RV]] storage.{{r|USACE2010}}{{rp|5–38}}