About 20 miles from where I live, is Nellis Air Force Base, which was named after a test pilot that died tragically when his test aircraft failed, back in the late 40's, and it is the home for the Thunderbirds, the US Air Force flight demonstration squadron, where the Red Flag exercises are done where American and NATO allies train for war, and North of the base is the Nuclear Weapons Testing Facility, when back in the 1950's and 1960's above ground nuclear weapons were tested and the casinos here in Las Vegas would ask the place to test them at night so that tourist could see the flash easier. The base is actually huge, it is bigger than the Las Vegas metropolitan area and one reason a huge part of Nevada, 86%, is owned by the Federal government. You can see Las Vegas in the background.