LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — In honor of Nationwide Aviation Week, 8 Information Now reporter JC Fernandez was reside Wednesday morning from Freedom Park inside Nellis AFB with Dan Wheaton, historian for the 57th Wing.
Wheaton started by outlining the historical past of Freedom Park, an outside museum on the bottom that shows plane retired from energetic service.
JC Fernandez was reside this morning from Freedom Park inside Nellis AFB with Dan Wheaton, historian for the 57th Wing. (KLAS)
Celebrating Nationwide Aviation Week At Nellis Air Drive Base. (KLAS)
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He additionally shared the story of Nellis Air Drive Base itself, which first opened in 1941 because the Las Vegas Military Airfield. It was later renamed to honor 1st Lieutenant William Harrell Nellis, a Las Vegas native and World Conflict II fighter pilot who misplaced his life in fight in 1944.
Wheaton showcased among the spectacular static plane on show, together with:
Fairchild A-10A Warthog
Common Dynamics F-111A Aardvark
Lockheed YF-117A Night time Hawk
McDonnell F-4C Phantom II
North American F-86E Sabre
North American F-100D Tremendous Sabre
Northrop F-5E Tiger II
Republic F-105G Thunderchief
Every plane has its historical past of missions and has performed a job in shaping our navy’s previous.
