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Nellis Air Force Base

Nellis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force installation in . Nellis hosts air combat exercises such as Exercise Red Flag and close air support exercises such as Green Flag-West flown in "Military Operations Area airspace", associated with the nearby .
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  • Type: Aerodrome
  • Description: United States Air Force installation in Clark County, Nevada, United States
  • Also known as: “KLSV”, “LSV”, “Nellis A.F.B.”, and “Nellis AFB”
  • Historically known as: “Las Vegas Air Force Base”, “Las Vegas Army Airfield”, and “McCarran Field”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Mike O Callaghan Federal Medical Center and Nellis Solar Power Plant.

Hospital
Mike O'Callaghan Military Medical Center is an American military hospital owned and operated by the United States Air Force. It is located on Nellis Air Force Base in , and is run by the 99th Medical Group.

Power station
Photo: Ballonboy101, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a 14-megawatt photovoltaic power station located within Nellis Air Force Base. The power plant was inaugurated in a ceremony on December 17, 2007, with Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons activating its full operation.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nellis Air Force Base and Sunrise Manor.

Village
is a city in the . It is located in and the state of northeast of , 3,300 km west of the country's capital city of is located at an elevation of 576 meters above sea level and has a population of 3,187.

Town
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a census-designated place in , , United States, located on the western base of , east of .

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
in is a city in its own right within the metropolitan area. With a population in 2019 of 252,000, it's the fourth largest city in the state, and is primarily residential with some industry.

Nellis Air Force Base

Latitude
36.23567° or 36° 14′ 8″ north
Longitude
-115.03703° or 115° 2′ 13″ west
Elevation
1,847 feet (563 metres)
Operator
USAF
IATA airport code
LSV
ICAO airport code
KLSV
FAA airport code
LSV
Open location code
85866XP7+75
Open­Street­Map ID
way 162570573
Open­Street­Map feature
aeroway=­aerodrome
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­military
Open­Street­Map feature
military=­airfield
Geo­Names ID
8479536
Wiki­data ID
Q735912
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Nellis Air Force Base” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قاعدة نيليس الجوية”
  • Cebuano: “Nellis Air Force Base (tugpahanan)”
  • Cebuano: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Chinese: “Nellis AFB”
  • Chinese: “內利斯空軍基地”
  • Chinese: “内利斯空军基地”
  • Chinese: “奈利斯空軍基地”
  • Czech: “Nellisova letecká základna”
  • Dutch: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • French: “base aérienne de Nellis”
  • French: “LSV”
  • French: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • German: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Gilaki: “نلیس ٚ هأوايي پایگاه (نوادا)”
  • Gilaki: “نلیس ٚ هأوايي نيرۊ پایگاه”
  • Hebrew: “נליס”
  • Indonesian: “KLSV”
  • Indonesian: “LSV”
  • Indonesian: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Italian: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Japanese: “ネリス空軍基地”
  • Korean: “넬리스 공군기지”
  • Ladin: “Nellis AFB (Nevada)”
  • Ladin: “Nellis AFB”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Nellis AFB”
  • Navajo: “Naʼazhǫǫsh Hatsohdi siláołtsooí bichidí naatʼaʼí ńdinibįįhígi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Norwegian: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Persian: “پایگاه نیروی هوایی نلیس”
  • Portuguese: “Base Aérea de Nellis”
  • Portuguese: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Russian: “Неллис”
  • Serbian: “Ваздухопловна база Нелис”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aerea Nellis”
  • Spanish: “Base de la Fuerza Aérea Nellis”
  • Spanish: “Base de Nellis de la Fuerza Aérea”
  • Swedish: “Nellis Air Force Base”
  • Ukrainian: “Нелліс”
  • Welsh: “Nellis AFB, Nevada‎”
  • Welsh: “Nellis AFB”

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