June 11, 2012 Holloman to host community meeting in Cloudcroft Holloman will host a meeting in Cloudcroft, N.M., June 14 from 6:30 to 8 p.m., at Zenith Park Pavilion to engage the mountain communities about the F-22 Raptor training and the reasons there are sonic booms.Holloman Air Force Base is the home of the 49th Wing which operates the F-22. The base is one
June 1, 2012 Holloman Airmen react quickly, save a life Two Airmen from Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., saved the life of a passenger aboard a sinking boat at the Elephant Butte Reservoir May 26.Tech. Sgt. Rachel Dow, 29th Attack Squadron aviation resource management flight chief, and her husband, Master Sgt. Garret Dow, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron
May 30, 2012 Holloman Airman killed in motorcycle accident A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant assigned to Holloman AFB, N.M., was killed in a motorcycle accident six miles north of Timberon, N.M., May 27 at approximately 1:30 p.m.Staff Sgt. Jamaa Zachry, 27, was a 49th Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment journeyman from Wichita Falls, Texas. He
May 30, 2012 Aqautic center helps Holloman dive into summer The Holloman Aquatic Center reopened for the summer May 25. For many Airmen and their families on base, the opening of the pool affords a fantastic opportunity to cool down and relax during some of the hottest months of the year. The opening of the aquatic center also coincides with the Air Force's
May 30, 2012 Holloman welcomes new vice wing commander Colonel Kenneth P. Ekman is the Vice Commander of the 49th Wing, Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. The wing supports national security objectives by deploying worldwide to support peacetime and wartime contingencies. The wing also provides combat ready Airmen, F-22 Raptors and trains MQ-1 Predator and
May 22, 2012 Team Holloman helps celebrate Alamogordo Armed Forces Day The City of Alamogordo and more than 9,000 attendees from the local area helped celebrate the city's 35th annual Armed Forces Day in Washington Park May 19.The celebration, in conjunction with a three-on-three basketball tournament, is designed to tribute the military veterans currently serving in
May 18, 2012 Team Holloman shows support during the United Way of Otero County Day of Caring More than 600 members of Team Holloman set out into the Tularosa Basin with open hearts and tools in hand in support of the United Way of Otero County Day of Caring May 18.The day-long event is held annually to help people who have physical and financial limitations with yard and house work."The Day
May 18, 2012 More Intermittent Roadblocks on U.S. Highway 70 On May 19, White Sands Missile Range will conduct a series of intermittent roadblocks on U.S. Highway 70 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. During this timeframe a large number of military tactical vehicles will periodically be moving south to north across the highway at mile marker 174, east of the missile