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  • Controllers keep combat sorties cruising

    With the busiest airfield in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility for joint and coalition forces, the 379th Air Expeditionary Wing depends on a team of skilled air traffic controllers to ensure safe, smooth airfield operations. "The main priority of an air traffic controller here is to

  • August 16 marks Kittinger's historic 'step'

    Neil Armstrong might have made a "step" quote famous, but then-United States Air Force Captain Joseph Kittinger Jr. made the "Highest Step in the World" famous this week more than 50 years ago.On Aug. 16, 1960, just before 7 a.m., Kittinger stepped out of an open balloon gondola at 102,800 feet in

  • Big Give winners announced

    Team Holloman wrapped up its sixth annual Big Give event with an awards ceremony Aug. 9 on base at the Desert Sands Club.The theme for this year's event was "Committed to Serving Time," and 26 teams with 448 Airmen, Department of Defense civilians and dependents competed for $10,000 in prize money

  • PLAYpass gives Airmen up to $1,000 in discounts

    Airmen projected to deploy or have recently returned from a deployment can participate in the PLAYpass Get out and Play Program and save $500 to $1,000 on installation programs.The PLAYpass program is based upon discount cards which provide eligible Airmen and family members the opportunity to

  • Furloughs reduced for Team Holloman

    The more than 800 civilian employees at Holloman Air Force Base affected by the 11-week furlough announced in May will resume a normal work schedule beginning Aug. 19.Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel announced Aug. 6 that, due to a combination of Congressional approvals and Department of Defense

  • Commissaries return to normal hours Aug. 18-24

    Military commissaries worldwide will return to normal operating schedules the week of Aug. 18-24, said the director and CEO of the Defense Commissary Agency.The DeCA announcement comes in the wake of the Department of Defense's Aug. 6 decision to curtail furloughs of its civilian workforce from 11

  • Fighting fire with desire

    Running into a civil engineer warehouse with reports of fire and two victims trapped inside and no other information, Airman 1st Class Andre Adams, the man on the hand-line hose, checks the door for heat with the back of his hand, opens it and charges through the smoke. At that moment, he has no

  • Holloman provides world-class training for F-22s

    Editor's Note: This article is the second in a series of four articles featuring the F-22 Raptors at Holloman Air Force Base.Holloman is home to 24 sleek, stealth F-22 Raptors, a fifth generation jet that the Pentagon says can outgun and outmaneuver any fighter plane across the globe. The aircraft's