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  • Trimming Holloman since 1957

    Virgil George, Desert Sands Enlisted Club master barber, cuts hair here Aug. 5. He has been cutting hair at Holloman since 1957. In 1972, Mr. George was awarded a Nonappropriated Funds contract to start cutting hair at the Enlisted Club. The enlisted club barber shop is open to all active duty

  • Congratulations to the new staff sergeant selects!

    Air Force officials announced selections for promotion to staff sergeant Aug. 20 via the Air Force Personnel Center's public website. Of those selected, 181 of the promotees were members of Team Holloman and two were from Fort Bliss, Texas. Congratulations to the following senior Airmen who will

  • Golf veteran named 2009 base golf champion

    The 2009 base golf championship was held at Apache Mesa Golf Course Aug. 21 through Aug. 23 and at the end of the three-day competition, a new base champion was announced. Tommie Williams, who has been golfing here for more than 17 years, won the championship with a three-day total of 230 strikes,

  • Next-gen spacecraft stops at Holloman

    NASA's next generation of a manned-spacecraft arrived here Aug. 19 via a C-17 Globemaster III and left aboard a tractor-trailer Aug. 21 for White Sands Missile Range to conduct final checkouts with the launch abort rocket. Holloman was a vital stop in the Orion Program's Pad Abort One Crew Module's

  • 49 FW awarded Meritorious Unit Award

    Gen. John Corley, commander of Air Combat Command, recently announced the 49th Fighter Wing received the Meritorious Unit Award for the period of April 30, 2008 to May 1, 2009. "It is an honor to have such dynamic professionals as members of the Air Combat Command team," said General Corley in a

  • Big winners announced in second annual Big Give

    On July 17, eight teams set out to make people's life better in the local community of Alamogordo, N.M. The competition was designed to see which Air Force team could give back the most. The winning team of Holloman's second annual Big Give was announced during the after-party at the Desert Sands