AVIATION NATION 2025
Story and photos by Shawn Byers Nellis Air Force Base held their 2025 airshow, “Aviation Nation” on April 5th and 6th. This was my first airshow of the season, a “fly and drive” birthday present to myself. Although I...
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Aviation Nation Roars Back to Life at Nellis AFB
After a one year hiatus due to a base inspection, 2016’s Aviation Nation roared back to life in the Nevada desert just north of the famous Las Vegas strip. Approximately 300,000 visitors entered the bases over the span of...
2012 Aviation Nation: A Photographer’s Mother Lode
The annual Aviation Nation air show at Nellis AFB, NV is a fitting finale to the 2012 Air Force show season. The home-based Thunderbirds, and the Air Combat Command’s F-22 Demonstration and Heritage Flight Team flew their last performances...
Aviation Nation 2011 – Review
Aviation Nation 2011 turned out to be the best show I have attend in many years. Being held the second week of November usually is hit or miss with the weather normally cold and wet. Having it on Veteran’s...
Aviation Nation – Nov. 13-14th 2010
The largest free public event in Nevada returned to Nellis Air Force Base Nov. 13-14 when the U.S. Air Force hosted Aviation Nation 2010– the Nellis Air Force Base Open House and annual Las Vegas air show. Aviation Nation...
