Exercise keeps Holloman responders ready

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Nick Ruttencutter, 49th Security Forces Squadron special reaction team member, watches the hall of a 49th Materiel Maintenance Group facility during a hostage-rescue and barricaded-suspect exercise scenario May 3. During the scenario, the 49th SFS SRT successfully rescued three hostages and neutralized the gunman without sustaining any simulated injuries or casualties. The team, which is comprised of mainly 49th SFS Airmen, is responsible for responding to any active-shooter, barricaded-suspect, or hostage-rescue scenario that takes place on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

Exercise keeps Holloman responders ready

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Tech. Sgt. Greg Edwards, 49th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance NCO in charge, gives a magazine of non-lethal rounds to Airman 1st Class David Jaquez, 49th SFS patrolman, during an active-shooter exercise scenario at the 49th Materiel Maintenance Group compound May 3. For the exercise scenario, 49th SFS responders swapped out their live rounds with the blank rounds to engage the active gunman, who also was using the blank rounds to create a more realistic scenario. An exercise like this is conducted annually to ensure all of Team Holloman knows what to do should the event happen on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

Exercise keeps Holloman responders ready

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Jesse Hastings, center, speaks to members of the 49th Security Forces Squadron during an active-shooter exercise scenario at a 49th Materiel Maintenance Group warehouse May 3. Upon successful neutralization of the simulated active gunman, 49th SFS responders conducted a building sweep to ensure all threats were neutralized before attending to simulated gunshot-wounded victims. An exercise like this is conducted annually to ensure all of Team Holloman knows what to do should the event happen on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

Exercise keeps Holloman responders ready

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – 1st Lt. Justin Dominguez, 49th Security Forces Squadron special reaction team member, guards the hall of a 49th Materiel Maintenance Group facility during a hostage-rescue and barricaded-suspect exercise scenario May 3. During the scenario, the 49th SFS SRT successfully rescued three hostages and neutralized the simulated active gunman without sustaining any simulated injuries or casualties. The team, which is comprised of mainly 49th SFS Airmen, is responsible for responding to any active-shooter, barricaded-suspect, or hostage-rescue scenario that takes place on the installation. (U.S. Air Force photo by Siuta B. Ika/ Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Crew chiefs, from the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, help prepare an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Kasey Close, a 49th Wing Public Affairs Still Photographer, takes a photo of an F-22 Raptor during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Simon Zemanek, a 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, prepares to direct an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Two F-22 Raptors taxi toward a runway during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman, from the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, help prepare F-22 Raptors for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Staff Sgt. Giana Jaworski, a 49th Wing Public Affairs broadcaster, captures documentation of the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chiefs, prepare F-22 Raptors for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Mark Martinez, a 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief prepares an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Mark Martinez, a 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, prepares an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Senior Airman Simon Zemanek, a 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chief, prepares to direct an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Crew chiefs, from the 7th Aircraft Maintenance Unit, help prepare an F-22 Raptor for take-off during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 29. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Arce Patrick directs Jeremy Shebester as he operates a forklift during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 28. Both are civilians with the 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure that its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airmen, from the 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, load cargo onto a scale using a forklift during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 28. Holloman perform large-scale exercises to ensure that its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Carl Steed, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, explains the next steps for cargo movement to Staff Sgt. Ian Cox-Train, a forklift operator with 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 28. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure that its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Airman 1st Class Manuel Gonzalez, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, directs Staff Sgt. Charles Lopez during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 28. They use the forklift to load supply crates, filled with Airmen’s mobility bags, onto diesel trucks for transport to an aircraft heading to the “deployed location” during the ORE. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure that its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – Staff Sgt. Ian Cox-Train, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron, uses a forklift to load supply crates filled with Airmen’s mobility bags during a Phase One Operational Readiness Exercise Feb. 28. The bags are filled with readily-deployable items, which are loaded onto diesel trucks for transport to an aircraft heading to the “deployed location” during the ORE. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure that its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - United States Air Force pilots from the 301st and the 7th Fighter Squadrons are briefed by a representative from the sexual assault prevention and response office for a mock deployment during a phase one operational readiness exercise Feb. 27. Holloman performs mass exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - U.S. Air Force pilots from the 301st and the 7th Fighter Squadrons await an in-process briefing for a mock deployment during a phase one operational readiness exercise Feb. 27. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - U.S. Air Force pilots from the 301st and the 7th Fighter Squadrons wait to in-process for a mock deployment during a phase one operational readiness exercise Feb. 27. Holloman performs these exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - U.S. Air Force pilots from the 301st and the 7th Fighter Squadrons in-process for a mock deployment during a phase one operational readiness exercise Feb. 27. Holloman performs mass exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)

49th Wing Operational Readiness Exercise

HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - U.S. Air Force pilots from the 301st and the 7th Fighter Squadrons in-process for a mock deployment during a phase one operational readiness exercise Feb. 27. Holloman performs large-scale exercises to ensure its Airmen are ready at a moment’s notice for real-world situations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Michael Shoemaker/Released)