Nellis AFB 8th WPS

Nellis AFB 8th WPS vintage style military aviation travel poster art by – Squadron Posters!

The 8th Weapons Squadron is a part of the USAF Weapons School at Nellis AFB, NV. It instructs operators from the E-3G, E-2D, EC-130H, RC-135V/W and Control and Reporting Center to become Weapons Officers. Their students support the USAF Combat Air Forces and prepare them for real-world operations, exercises and deployments. Nellis is 30 minutes away from the iconic Las Vegas Strip, Freemont Street Experience and an hour from Lake Meade and Mt Charleston. Their squadron is named “The Barnyard” based off of our heritage.

Nellis Air Force Base (“Nellis” colloq.) is a United States Air Force installation in southern Nevada. 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 Nevada Test and Training Range. The base also has the Combined Air and Space Operations Center-Nellis. The USAF Fighter Weapons School was designated on 1 January 1954 from the squadron when the Air Crew School graduated its last Combat Crew Training Class (the primary Weapons School mission was gunnery instructor training). In the mid-1950s for Operation Teapot nuclear testing, 1 of the 12 Zone Commanders was based at Nellis AFB for community liaison/public relations (weapons for other atomic tests were stored at Nellis). Air Training Command suspended training at the Nellis fighter weapons school in late 1956 because of the almost total failure of the F-86 Sabre aircraft used at Nellis, and during 1958 ATC discontinued its Flying Training and Technical Training. Check out this stunning Nellis AFB 8th WPS art by – Squadron Posters!

Squadron Posters offers the world’s largest collection of Squadron Specific Art! Check out our stunning vintage style military aviation themed travel posters, honoring All Branches of Service. Our artwork not only represents aircraft, armored cavalry, or ships, it represents adventure and travel. This means we create posters featuring the Space Needle, New Orleans, the Golden Gate Bridge, Mt Rushmore and the National Mall. Of course, McChord AFB isn’t in Seattle but if you’re stationed there your adventure surely involves the Space Needle! (See our Facebook page HERE)

This is what makes Squadron Posters different–it’s about remembering where you’ve lived and what you’ve seen with a vintage themed travel poster. – Collect your travels and tell your story!