March 28, 2012 USAFCENT Command Chief delivers the front line news In today's Air Force, the deployment mission and the capabilities that Airman provide are critical. As Airmen are preparing to deploy, there may be many questions that they want to ask. Fortunately for Team Holloman, there was a subject matter expert available March 27, U.S. Air Forces Central
March 26, 2012 Holloman kicks off 2012 Air Force assistance fund A natural disaster ruins an Airman's home or a family member is sick and there is no money for a plane ticket to go visit. Is there money out there that doesn't have 15 percent interest rate or a monthly fixed payment? The answer is yes, the answer is the Air Force Assistance Fund. The Air Force
March 26, 2012 Bataan memorial: 26.2 miles of honor and remembrance Frank Hewlett once wrote: We're the battling bastards of Bataan;No mama, no papa, no Uncle Sam.No aunts, no uncles, no cousins, no nieces,No pills, no planes, no artillery pieces.And nobody gives a damn.Nobody gives a damn.This poem has been spoken year after year to those in attendance at the
March 21, 2012 49th FSS named best in AF The 49th Force Support Squadron here earned the Maj. Gen. Eugene L. Eubank* award, naming them the best (small installation) force support squadron in the Air Force, March 7.The 49th FSS won this Air Force-level award after winning first in Air Combat Command, and the criteria was much more
March 14, 2012 Air Force announces force structure overview for FY 13 and beyond Air Force officials announced proposed force structure changes which support the new DoD strategic guidance retiring 286 aircraft over the next five years, including 227 in fiscal year 13.According to Secretary of the Air Force, Michael Donley, the Air Force is shaping itself for future challenges
March 14, 2012 Space legend returns to Holloman Gene Kranz, retired NASA flight director, returned to Holloman AFB March 8 after 52 years to revisit the 46th Test Group, where he researched and tested Surface-to-Air and Air-to-Ground missiles in the late 1950s."I worked at Holloman from 1958 to 1960 with the Quail program, where the principle
March 14, 2012 Air Force expands drug testing program to include abused prescription drugs The Air Force and other military services will expand their drug testing to include testing for commonly abused prescription drugs beginning May 1, 2012.On Jan. 31, 2012, the Secretary of Defense gave a 90-day advance notice of the drug testing expansion which aims to counter the nation's growing