Nellis AFB - History

Part of: Nellis Air Force Base Cultural Resources Archive

Other Keywords
Nevada Test Site • Construction • Historic Photographs • Flexible Gunnery School • Conservation • Burial Site • Public Outreach • WWII • Mormonism • Plane crash

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Heritage Management • Archaeological Overview • Environment Research

Temporal Keywords
World War II

Geographic Keywords
United States of America (Country) • Nevada (State / Territory) • North America (Continent) • Clark (County) • Nye (County) • Las Vegas, Nevada • USA (Country) • Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada • Nellis AFB • Indian Springs

Resources Inside This Collection (Viewing 1-33 of 33)

  • Documents (33)
  1. Acquisition of Site for Air Corps Gunnery School, Las Vegas, Nevada (1941)
  2. Anatomy of the Nevada Test Site (1965)
  3. Article: Las Vegas History (2005)
  4. Base History 3596th Air Base Squadron Indian Springs Air Force Base Indian Springs, Nevada January 1942 to September 1952 (1952)
  5. Bullseye Articles 2000-2005 (2005)
  6. Construction Directive. For the Indian Springs Auxiliary Landing Field, a sub-post of the Las Vegas Flexible Gunnery School (1942)
  7. Defense Environmental Restoration Program for Formerly Used Defense Sites Ordinance and Explosive Project Archives Search Report Findings for the former Nellis Air Force Range Area A (1996)
  8. Enlisted Heritage Presentation (2012)
  9. Facilities Available at Nellis Air Force Base (1950)
  10. Facilities for Standardization of B-29 Flexible Gunnery Training Program, Las Vegas Army Field, Nevada (1945)
  11. Fate Conspired against Nevada's Largest Ranch (2004)
  12. Historic Photos (1960)
  13. Historic Places in Central Nevada Adjacent to Nellis Air Force Base (2013)
  14. History of the 99th Air Base Wing 1 January 2004 - 31 December 2005 (2010)
  15. A History of the Nellis Air Force Base Military Training Lands (2012)
  16. Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field Information Brochure (1984)
  17. An Irish Lan from Cork Put Indian Springs on the Map (1973)
  18. Las Vegas Army Air Field/Nellis Air Force Base 1941-2011 (2011)
  19. Las Vegas Valley at Mormon Contact (1855-1858) (1993)
  20. Letter: Specification for Sewer, Water, and Gas Systems and Appurtenant Facilities - Las Vegas Airport, Las Vegas, Nevada (1941)
  21. Letter: Temporary Construction for Flexible Gunnery School, Las Vegas, Nevada (1941)
  22. Memo: Southern California Rents and Claim Board (1942)
  23. Memo: Visit of President John F Kennedy (1991)
  24. Nellis Air Force Base Guide (1956)
  25. Nellis Air Force Base Historic Photos (1987)
  26. Nevada and the Army Air Forces in WWII (1945)
  27. Nevada and the Army Air Forces in WWII Presentation (1950)
  28. Nevada Test Site Guide (2001)
  29. Preliminary Engineering Study Auxiliary Landing Field Indian Springs, Nevada (1942)
  30. Subproject for Airfield Construction at Las Vegas Flying School No. 10 (1941)
  31. Talking Paper on Las Vegas Army Air Field/Nellis Air Force Base: 1941-1950 (2005)
  32. Tonopah Test Range Outpost of Sandia National Laboratories (1996)
  33. World War II Aircraft Training Crashes at the Tonopah Army Air Field, Nevada (2010)