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The smell of Christmas at Nellis Air Force Base — PHOTOS

Senior Airman Darius Scorpio, left, and Staff Sgt. Richard West, fresh cut a Christmas tree as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Airman Shea Ogburn, left, Senior Airman Jeremy Berndt and Senior Airman Mark Schoel help pass out Christmas trees to Enlisted airmen and their families at Nellis Air Force Base as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Enlisted airmen at Nellis Air Force Base pickup Christmas trees for their families on Friday, December 2, 2016, as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Master Sgt. Stanley Miller, left, and Tech. Sgt. Reginald Jackson fresh cut a Christmas tree as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Senior Airman Adam Low and wife Bethany decide on a Christmas tree during the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Staff Sgt. Richard West, left, and Elissa Ryan with her son Seth pickup a Christmas tree at Nellis Air Force Base as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Senior Airman Adam Low, center, watches as Master Sgt. Stanley Miller, left, and Tech. Sgt. Reginald Jackson fresh cut his Christmas tree as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Master Sgt. Stanley Miller, left, and Senior Airman Darius Scorpio fresh cut a Christmas tree with some help from Senior Airman Brittany Davis, right, as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
Airman First Class Sterling Benford, right, puts fresh cut a Christmas tree as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program at Nellis Air Force Base on Friday, December 2, 2016. (Michael Quine/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @Vegas88s
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Enlisted airmen at Nellis Air Force Base picked up Christmas trees for their families after 10:30 a.m. Friday as part of the annual Christmas SPIRIT Foundation’s Trees for Troops Program. FedEx Freight delivered 400 live trees.

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