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33-686: Southern Desert Correctional Center ( SDCC ) is a state prison for men located in Indian Springs , Clark County, Nevada , owned and operated by the Nevada Department of Corrections . The capacity is 2149 inmates. Most are medium security. This facility should not be confused with the Southern Nevada Correctional Center , a state facility at Jean that closed in 2008, or the Nevada Southern Detention Center,

66-551: A base of advanced special aircraft development. The base also hosts the operations of the 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron and 99th Ground Combat Training Squadron, The National Desert Warfare Center, and those of the Air Force Reserve's 78th Reconnaissance Squadron, 91st RS, and Nevada Air National Guard's 232nd Operations Squadron. George and Belle Lattimer owned a ranch where the Indian Springs Hotel & Casino

99-507: A combat mapping squadron with the same number, but was again renamed the 15th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron on 31 August. After the surrender of Germany, the unit gradually demobilized and was inactivated in Italy on 28 October 1945. On 29 April 1947, the squadron became the 15th Reconnaissance Squadron (Photographic), and was reactivated on 19 May 1947 at Langley Field with the 67th Reconnaissance Group of Tactical Air Command , operating

132-451: A household in the CDP was $ 40,966, and the median income for a family was $ 40,608. Males had a median income of $ 35,609 versus $ 24,286 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $ 14,687. About 7.2% of families and 10.7% of the population were below the poverty line , including 13.2% of those under age 18 and 13.5% of those age 65 or over. Indian Springs has a public library , a branch of

165-468: A new weapons systems and aircraft research and testing. Among these missions were support for nuclear arms testing at the Nevada Proving Grounds , high-altitude balloon search and retrieval, new gunnery and rocketry systems, and testing of experimental aircraft. For a period of the 1950s and 1960s Indian Springs AFB housed some of the most advanced aircraft and air weapons systems in the world. In

198-644: A private prison at Pahrump run by Corrections Corporation of America under contract with the United States Marshals Service . Southern Desert Correctional Center opened in February 1982 with seven 102-cell housing units, one of which housed federal prisoners until the NDOC took it over in 1987. A new 200-cell housing unit opened in 1989, and two 240-bed dormitory-style housing units were added in March 2008, bringing

231-548: A rifle from the kitchen, silently crept up on Williams, and shot him dead in the head. Coachie Siegmuller pleaded guilty to the murder and was sentenced to death. The area's Paiute Reservation, the Las Vegas Indian Colony , threatened to go to war over the death penalty, and to keep the peace Siegmuller was instead sentenced to three years in the Carson City Prison. The Lattimers buried Wild Bill Williams behind

264-566: Is due both to Indian Springs' higher elevation, and the lack of the Urban heat island effect that prevents temperatures in Las Vegas from falling quickly after dark. 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron is a United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 53d Test and Evaluation Group at Creech Air Force Base , Nevada, and conducts unmanned aircraft testing. The 556th Test and Evaluation Squadron

297-517: Is the Air Force's first operational test squadron for unmanned aircraft. It provides support to UAS operations worldwide, through force development evaluations, the development of training, tactics and procedures, systems expertise and meeting warfighters' urgent need requests. The 556th designation was reactivated by Air Combat Command for its current mission due to its lineage and long history of surveillance and intelligence-gathering. The squadron

330-474: The F-6 Mustang , a photo reconnaissance variant of the famed P-51 Mustang fighter. After transferring to the 10th Reconnaissance Group on 24 July, it moved to Lawson Field on 8 September and to Pope Field on 1 October. Due to funding and manpower shortages, the squadron was inactivated on 3 December, and its equipment and personnel were merged into the senior 15th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron . In 1968

363-463: The Pearl Harbor attack . Indian Springs was immediately entered into service as a training camp for Army Air Force B-25 air-to-air gunnery training, and as a divert field for Las Vegas Army Airfield. In 1947, Las Vegas AAF was inactivated, and so was Indian Springs. One year later, Indian Springs was reactivated as Indian Springs Air Force Base by the new United States Air Force , with a new role as

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396-592: The T-38A Talon to the F-16C Fighting Falcon . Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field was renamed Creech Air Force Base in 2005, in honor of General Wilbur L. "Bill" Creech, a former commander of the Tactical Air Command . Also in the 2000s, Creech AFB began to host the 432d Wing and 432d Air Expeditionary Wing , operating/flying unmanned aerial vehicles , and returning the base to its history as

429-655: The 15th Photographic Squadron (Heavy). It was reassigned to Fifteenth Air Force in December 1943, flying numerous long distance reconnaissance flights over the Balkans, Occupied Europe and Germany, photographing targets for later attack by Fifteenth Air Force and Twelfth Air Force bombers. The squadron obtained intelligence about enemy fortifications, armored units, infantry concentrations and other tactical intelligence. These flights were extremely hazardous, being flown without escort and in unarmed aircraft. On 21 January 1944 it became

462-525: The 1960s, Indian Springs AFB was transferred to the Tactical Air Wing and re-designated as Indian Springs Air Force Auxiliary Field. The Indian Springs mission was focused on monitoring of Nellis range, and became the remote training site of the USAF Thunderbirds elite air demonstration squadron. The 1982 " Diamond Crash " caused the deaths of four Thunderbird pilots and hastened their transition from

495-424: The 556th was officially moved to Yokota Air Base , Japan in 1971, although limited operations continued from Bien Hoa until 30 Jun 1972 when the squadron was inactivated. The 556th was redesignated as a test and evaluation squadron on 16 January 2008, and reactivated on 15 February with 53d Test and Evaluation Group at Creech Air Force Base , Nevada, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Ty Moyers. The squadron

528-549: The CDP was 88.02% White, 1.15% African American, 2.00% Native American, 1.15% Asian, 0.84% Pacific Islander, 4.22% from other races, and 2.61% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 6.84% of the population. There were 526 households, out of which 32.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 44.3% were married couples living together, 13.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 35.0% were non-families. 30.2% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.3% had someone living alone who

561-527: The Las Vegas-Clark County Library District. Indian Springs experiences a desert climate , typical of southern Nevada. Precipitation is rare throughout the year, and summers are hot, although very low humidity helps temper the effects of the heat. Indian Springs' climate is similar to that of nearby Las Vegas , but with some significant differences. Nighttime temperatures at Indian Springs are much cooler than those in Las Vegas. This

594-499: The Vietnamese continued the pursuit, trying to down the drone by tackling its wing. By doing so, the NVAF pilot forgot to control his fuel reserves: after the drone fell harmlessly into the sea, his aircraft ran out of fuel. The NVAF pilot ejected while flying back toward the coast. This was the first air-to-air kill scored by an unmanned aircraft in the history of air warfare. In addition to

627-545: The drone operations, the squadron received significant amounts of intelligence operating an RB-57F Canberra from Yokota, detached from the MAC 9th Weather Reconnaissance Wing at McClellan Air Force Base , California. The RB-57 provided very high altitude intelligence with regards to SA-2 locations for mission planning with the AQM-34 low altitude reconnaissance drones. As part of the drawdown of United States forces from South Vietnam

660-511: The drones deployed a parachute and were snared by specially modified CH-3E recovery helicopters. From 1969, first serious encounters with North Vietnamese MiG-17 and MiG-21 interceptors followed. In 1969 alone, North Vietnamese fighters – primarily MiG-21s – were scrambled no less than 540 times in order to intercept drones, claiming to have shot down ten AQM-34s . NVAF MiGs did score 6 kills, and some were scored indirectly by Americans. In May 1970, an AQM-34L photo reconnaissance drone

693-427: The population capacity from 714 in 1982 to its present capacity of 2,149. On September 23, 2022, an inmate escaped from the facility. Porfirio Duarte-Herrera, one of the perpetrators of the 2007 Luxor bombing , used battery acid to weaken the window of his cell and created a dummy, possibly of cardboard, to fool the guards after exiting through it. His absence was not noticed for several days. Officers only found out he

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726-400: The ranch. Williams was known as "bad" and Siegmuller was terrified of him. Williams was notorious for exploiting young Paiute men by hiring them out to local ranchers and then pocketing their wages. Williams was there that day to collect some of these wages. Finding no one home, Williams stretched out on the porch and was soon fast asleep. Siegmuller felt he needed to defend the ranch, fetched

759-417: The ranch. Dogs kept digging his remains up, so they were buried a few times before staying under. As of the census of 2000, there were 1,302 people, 526 households, and 341 families residing in the census designated place (CDP). The population density was 68.4 inhabitants per square mile (26.4/km ). There were 657 housing units at an average density of 34.5 per square mile (13.3/km ). The racial makeup of

792-572: The springs near the original town site. In 1906, Indian Springs became a way station and watering place for the Las Vegas and Tonopah Railroad . The original rail line ran under what is now US 95. The LV&T ceased operation in 1918. Indian Springs Auxiliary Airfield also known as Indian Springs Field, was rapidly constructed in Nevada by the United States Army Air Forces the month after

825-534: The squadron became the main source of aerial intelligence for Twelfth Air Force in the North African Campaign . It supported United States Fifth Army in its drive across Algeria and during the Tunisian Campaign during 1942 and 1943. The 15th flew air reconnaissance and mapping missions over Sicily and Southern Italy prior to Allied invasions during 1943. On 6 February 1943, it was redesignated as

858-713: The unit was reorganized as the 556th Reconnaissance Squadron, being formed from the equipment and personnel of the :: Assuming personnel and equipment of 6091st Reconnaissance Squadron and placed under the PACAF 347th Tactical Fighter Wing at Yokota Air Base , Japan. The squadron, however operated in a deployed status from Bien Hoa Air Base , South Vietnam. All the drones were carried and started from specially modified GC-130As, MC-130AS and – finally – DC-130A and DC-130E control aircraft, each equipped with systems for carriage, start, control and guidance of drones. The drones were always pre-programmed, but after release their progress

891-449: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.48 and the average family size was 3.05. In the CDP the population was spread out, with 29.0% under the age of 18, 8.5% from 18 to 24, 23.4% from 25 to 44, 28.0% from 45 to 64, and 11.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 105.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 108.3 males. The median income for

924-515: Was constituted on 9 June 1942 as the 15th Photographic Mapping Squadron and activated on 20 June at Colorado Springs Army Air Base . Components of the squadron deployed to England for combat training by the Royal Air Force , while the remainder of squadron received aircraft and ground training in Oklahoma . Deployed to Algeria in early December 1942 as part of Operation Torch invasion forces,

957-418: Was formed using the personnel and equipment of the inactivated Detachment 4 of the 53d Group, and was the first USAF Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operational test squadron. It was to support UAS operations by providing force development evaluations and developing training, tactics, and procedures for the unmanned aircraft. The 556th received three new General Atomics MQ-1 Predator drones upon activation and

990-489: Was located until October 1, 2014 when it was closed by the USAF to expand a security buffer around Creech AFB. In 1906, George Lattimer was bitten by an insect, or perhaps a brown recluse spider , and Belle hitched the wagon to take him into the doctor. A 16-year-old Paiute Indian boy named Coachie Siegmuller was left to watch the ranch. While they were gone, Siegmuller saw another Paiute named Bill "Wild Bill" Williams approached

1023-427: Was missing after other inmates informed them of his absence. Duarte-Herrera was recaptured on September 28 at a bus stop in Las Vegas awaiting a bus to Tijuana, Mexico . Following this, Charles Daniels, the director of the NDOC, resigned at Governor Sisolak's request. Indian Springs, Nevada The population was 991 at the 2010 census . The community was named for the fact that Native Americans had settled on

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1056-446: Was monitored and the drone controller could override the programme manually if necessary. The carrier aircraft had a console for two controller pilots equipped with all the usual flight instruments , which read the data sent to them from the drone. All data about the navigation, planned route, actual flight pad and position of the drone, and the carrier aircraft were fed into a single system which showed them on one display. On their return

1089-478: Was on a mission over Hanoi area, acting as a manned reconnaissance aircraft. Finishing its photo run, the drone turned toward the Tonkin Gulf where it was to ditch after expending its fuel. Almost everything was going according to plan, down to one detail: the drone was intercepted by an MiG-21. The fighter closed and tried to shoot it down by two K-13/ AA-2 Atoll air-to-air missiles. Both malfunctioned however, and

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