Creech Air Force Base

 military airbase, United States Air Force

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Creech Air Force Base (IATA: INS, ICAO: KINS) is an air base located in Clark County, Nevada about 35 miles north of Las Vegas. It is named after General William L.Creech who is considered the Father of the Thunderbirds for his early support of the program.

Previously known as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Air Field when it was a part of Nellis Air Force Base.

While being an Air Force Base, it will not have its own base commander. Instead, the base will be under the command of the Nellis Air Force Base commander.

Creech was named an Air Force base on June 20, 2005.

For many years, Indian Springs was used by the Thunderbirds as their practice field.

Taking advantage of the remote location, Indian Springs was the host for fire power demonstrations several times a year. The fire power demonstration was used to show military and political VIPs the impact of various munitions and the capabilities of the aircraft that deliver them. On several occasions the quantify of munitions delivered was so large that the impact was felt in the Las Vegas suburbs.

Indian Springs became the Predator base. It was home to the 11th, 15th and 17th Reconnaissance Squadrons which operate the Predator RQ-1, MQ-1 and MQ-9 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV). In February 2001, a Predator successfully test fired its first Hellfire missile on the Nellis test range becoming an offensive weapon rather than just a reconnaissance tool.

Pilots located at Indian Springs have been flying predator combat missions in support of anti terrorists actives around the world. Including support for the capture of Saddam Hussein.

In October 2005, the 3d Special Operations Squadron activated at Creech joining the 11th, 15th and 17th Reconnaissance Squadrons, becoming the first MQ-1 squadron in AFSOC. The Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Center for Excellence was also established at the same time.

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