March 8, 2010 Tops in Blue performs for local community The U.S. Air Force's Tops in Blue performed at the Tay Center, March 4, 2010 for the local community as part of the 2009 Tops in Blue world tour that spans more than 120 locations.Tops in Blue is made up of 35 Airmen from around the Air Force that have competed and won talent shows at bases
March 5, 2010 Moment of downtime gives RAAF, RAF maintainers chance to view Raptor About 15 Australian and British airmen got a chance to view an F-22 Raptor up close during Red Flag 10-3 and talk with a couple maintainers about what it is like to work on one of the world's newest fighter jets on the Red Flag flight line.Just after the daily launches, the airmen from the 1st
March 4, 2010 Off-limit areas for Holloman personnel released The 49th Fighter Wing commander, Col. Jeff Harrigian, has adopted and implemented the Fort Bliss off-limits list dated Dec. 18, 2009, which was signed by Army Maj. Gen. Howard Bromberg, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Air Defense Artillery Center and Ft. Bliss, Texas.According to the
March 4, 2010 Congratulations to Holloman's senior master sergeant selects! Air Force officials announced selections for promotion to senior master sergeant March 4 via the Air Force Personnel Center's public website. Fourteen of those promotee's were members of Team Holloman. Congratulations to the following Team Holloman members who will soon climb the ranks from master
March 3, 2010 Second Dining Facility to open on base A second Dining Facility, located on the west side of the base, is scheduled to begin serving Airmen March 8.The DFAC will offer meal card users and active duty members, primarily the 49th Maintenance Group, 49th Operations Group and 49th Materiel Maintenance Group, a second option for suitable
March 2, 2010 49th FW historian archives deployed wing's accomplishments In the deployed environment, there are people who document the accomplishments, events, incidents and a host of "gee whiz" items for future generations. In the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing, that person is historian Ralph Jackson.Mr. Jackson is the 380th AEW historian deployed from the 49th Fighter
March 1, 2010 COMACC visits Team Holloman The commander of Air Combat Command, Gen. William M. Fraser III, and his wife, Bev, visited Feb. 22 to get an up-close look at Holloman's mission.Throughout the visit, General Fraser took the time to visit with Airmen from across the base and gave them an opportunity to ask questions during a
March 1, 2010 Holloman chaplain brings a friendly ear to Red Flag If one sees a gathering of people where there isn't a broken jet, chances are pretty good there is a chaplain nearby -- for example Feb. 24 on the Nellis flight line, during Red Flag 10-3, when Chaplain (Capt.) Robert "Father Bob" Monagle was on the scene where he had more than just a variety of
Feb. 26, 2010 BEAR base provides assets to AOR Airmen from the 49th Materiel Maintenance Group and 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron began the movement of approximately 150 truckloads of assets Feb. 24, which will directly support joint and coalition forces in Afghanistan.The 49th Materiel Maintenance Group, the U.S. Air Force's only Basic