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  • Secretary of the Air Force visits Holloman, WSMR

    The Honorable Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne stopped by Holloman Air Force Base Thursday morning on his way to White Sands Missile Range to review a small-diameter bomb test. Secretary Wynne was greeted by a rifle cordon presented by Holloman's Steel Talon Honor Guard before Lt. General

  • MEDEL conducts mission in El Salvador

    The Medical Element from Joint Task Force-Bravo conducted a medical readiness training exercise here Nov. 5-6 and provided medical care for 2,690 El Salvadorans. The team of 17 medical personnel departed Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, aboard two UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters. Upon arrival, they were

  • Holiday fire safety tip: Choosing a tree

    The most joyous of times can also be deadly. Take the Christmas season. Christmas trees are involved in approximately 400 fires annually, according to the National Fire Protection Association, typically resulting in more than a dozen deaths, dozens of injuries and more than $10 million in property

  • Holloman opens new vet clinic

    The new veterinary clinic opened its doors Nov. 14 in a ceremony on Holloman Air Force Base. A new clinic was needed for improved care of the military working dogs, said Army Sgt. Leona Thomas, vet clinic NCOIC. Services will be extended to privately owned pets also. "The old facility was antiquated

  • Air Force team completes historic project at Bagram

    A historic accomplishment here is simply part of the job for a traveling team of Airmen who have been enhancing Air Force missions throughout the region for the last two months. The nine-person team, deployed from the 49th Material Maintenance Group at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., recently made

  • MXG, OG train for operation readiness

    The 49th Maintenance Group and 49th Operations Group are in a three-day operational readiness exercise, Nov. 6-8, to ensure they know what to do when put into combat situations in deployed locations. "The exercise is getting us prepared to respond to real-world alarms used in deployed locations,"