June 20, 2011 Holloman part of World’s Largest Swimming Lesson Children of Team Holloman joined thousands of other children in the World's Largest Swimming Lesson, a lesson taught simultaneously around the world, at the base aquatic center June 14.The event, which aimed to break the Guinness World Record of 3,971 participants set by last year's inaugural WLSL,
June 7, 2011 Large scale test to be conducted at WSMR Residents and motorists in and around White Sands Missile Range can expect to see increased traffic for the next six weeks as a large-scale test is conducted on the sprawling missile range. There will be more vehicles, including military vehicles, entering the WSMR main post from both El Paso and
May 23, 2011 68 Team Holloman technical sergeants selected for promotion Air Force officials selected 6,618 of 19,538 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 33.87 percent.The average score for those selected was 335.21, with an average time in grade of 4.58 years and an average time in service of 15.91 years. The average
May 23, 2011 Stranger, don't touch me! More than 800,000 children are reported missing every year, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. And the 49th Wing Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office combated this statistic May 14 at the Community Activity Center with training for the base's youth. Know and
May 23, 2011 Holloman to host Caring for People Forum The first Caring for People Forum was initiated in 2009 by Air Force leadership to gather quality of life feedback for review, action and resolution. Since then, the Air Force Community Action Information Board, or CAIB, and Integrated Delivery System, or IDS, have held Caring for People Forums. The
May 20, 2011 8th FS ‘Black Sheep’ inactivated Almost two years after its reactivation, the 8th Fighter Squadron held its inactivation ceremony May 13 on the 8th FS trim pad.The 8th FS, which was reactivated in September 2009 after being inactivated April 2008 following the retirement of the F-117 Nighthawk , will once again be placed in
May 19, 2011 Holloman volunteers gather for Day of Caring Hundreds of Team Holloman members gathered in Alamogordo early May 13 to partake in a day-long volunteer event hosted by the Otero County United Way -- the Day of Caring.The annual event is designed to help clean up Holloman's neighboring towns and assist individual community members who can't help