This awesome photo of a B-1B taking off at night shows how close Nellis AFB is to the Las Vegas Strip

November 2, 2012 Military Aviation

David Cenciotti

Taken on Oct. 30, the following awesome picture shows a B-1B “Lancer” (or “Bone”) with the 28th Bomb Wing from Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, taking off for a night Green Flag sortie from Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada.

This image shows how close one the most famous airbases in the world is to the Sin City.

Image credit: U.S. Air Force

Similar to the more famous Red Flag series, the Green Flag exercises focus on Close Air Support missions, those flown by the B-1s in Afghanistan.

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About David Cenciotti

David Cenciotti is a journalist based in Rome, Italy. He is the Founder and Editor of “The Aviationist”, one of the world’s most famous and read military aviation blogs. Since 1996, he has written for major worldwide magazines, including Air Forces Monthly, Combat Aircraft, and many others, covering aviation, defense, war, industry, intelligence, crime and cyberwar. He has reported from the U.S., Europe, Australia and Syria, and flown several combat planes with different air forces. He is a former 2nd Lt. of the Italian Air Force, a private pilot and a graduate in Computer Engineering. He has written five books and contributed to many more ones.