In this paper, we consider the augmented Hessian equationsWe first give the necessary and sufficient condition of the existence of classical subsolutions to the equations in R n for σ(x) = α, which is an extended Keller-Osserman condition. Then we obtain the nonexistence of positive viscosity subsolutions of the equations in R n or R n + for f (u) = u p with p > 1.2010 Mathematics Subject Classification. 35J60, 35D40.