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Cold War veterans honored in Las Vegas

Nevada’s congressional representatives who serve on House Veterans Affairs and Armed Services committees paid tribute to Cold War veterans Friday.

 
One Nellis aggressor squadron being deactivated

The next time fighter jets take off from Nellis Air Force Base for a Red Flag air combat exercise there will be fewer would-be “bad guys” to battle.

New VA chief to speak in Las Vegas

Newly confirmed Secretary of Veterans Affairs Robert McDonald will attend Saturday’s Disabled American Veterans national convention at Bally’s Las Vegas and make his first address to the veterans service community.

VA to build outpatient clinic in Pahrump

The Department of Veterans Affairs will build an outpatient clinic in Pahrump, members of Nevada’s congressional delegation said Tuesday.

Vegas Marine talks about serving in Afghanistan

Las Vegas high school graduate John Paul Sanchez is poised to be among the last Marines involved in combat operations in Afghanistan as the Obama administration’s draw-down enters the homestretch to reduce U.S. troop levels to below 10,000 by year’s end.

House approves VA health care overhaul

WASHINGTON — The House overwhelmingly approved a landmark bill Wednesday to refurbish the Veterans Affairs Department and improve veterans’ health care.

F-35 gets limited OK after fire

The Navy and Air Force have approved a limited return to flight for their new-generation F-35 fighter jet, keeping alive the possibility that it could make an appearance at the Farnborough International Airshow in England this week.

Nevada’s top black Army Guard officer retiring

In 35 years since he was an Army private until when he retires July 30 as a full-bird colonel and Nevada’s highest ranking black Army National Guard officer, Col. James Walker Jr. can attest to changes in the military and its minority landscape. But when it comes to being a soldier, the virtue of being colorblind to someone’s skin has endured unchanged.

Destruction in Germany

Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago on battlefields and cities where the 5th Infantry Division fought in France and Germany during World War II, including Frankfurt, Germany.

Retracing his steps

Navy veteran Ron Deanne of Henderson in June retraced steps that Army Pvt. Ed Jennings took 70 years ago in Reims, France, near where the 5th Infantry Division fought during World War II.