June 4, 2008 Customer College continues to educate Holloman personnel Holloman offers a lot of programs to help train and educate Airmen. Among those programs is the Customer College. Customer College is a four hour course held at the 49th Fighter Wing Customer College and Training Center, located in building 812. The course is composed of subjects such as discovering
June 4, 2008 Out with the old and in with the new Along with the F-22A Raptor come new members of Team Holloman to fly and maintain the aircraft new Airmen are welcomed and Holloman bids farewell to those trained to maintain the F-117 as they head off to train at Langley Air Force Base, V.A. At the heart of the process was the 49th Mission Support
June 3, 2008 The Blue comes to Holloman The Air Force's premier entertainment showcase, Tops in Blue, performed "Deja Blue" at 7:00 p.m. June 2, at the Tays Special Events Center on the University of New Mexico-Alamogordo campus. "The Tops in Blue performance was great!" said Airman 1st Class Krista Lawrence, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron.
June 3, 2008 Teach me, teach me what to do with the F-22 The F-22 Raptor is the Air Force's newest fighter aircraft and with the arrival of the fighter here, Holloman is gearing up for yet another big event. "It's a whole new mindset, a whole new approach to teaching and training when it comes to the Air Force's newest aircraft the F-22 Raptor," said
June 2, 2008 The Raptors have arrived! More than 200 members of Team Holloman gathered Monday to welcome the first two F-22A Raptors as they taxied into Hangar 301 here at 2:49 p.m., making June 2 a day to remember in 49'er history. The Air Force announced in March 2006 that Holloman was one of the preferred bases to receive the F-22A
June 2, 2008 Importance of FOD reemphasized in wake of F-22 arrival With the F-22A Raptor coming to Holloman, there are many things to be done to prepare for its arrival. One of these things is getting Team Holloman members aware of how important foreign object damage is. FOD can be rocks, screws or trash found on the run way or taxiway that can be sucked up off the
June 2, 2008 Metal Tech: tough job done easy A new plane requires new tools and different guidelines in order to be maintained properly and with the big arrival of the F-22 the Aircraft Metal Shop here has been plenty busy. The Aircraft Metal Technicians shop is locally manufacturing tooling for theF-22A and saving Air Force $800,000. "The
June 2, 2008 Class is in session In the wake of the F-22A Raptor arrival, Holloman Air Force Base has done much in taking on the challenge of getting the aircraft ready to serve the 49th Fighter Wing. An important process has been training "F-117" personnel on how to operate, run and maintain the Raptor. For the last few weeks, the
June 2, 2008 Holloman prepares for the arrival of the F-22 One chapter in Air Force history came to a close as a new one began May 15 when the 8th and 9th Fighter Squadrons relinquished command and the 7th Fighter Squadron was reactivated at Heritage Park here. The 8th and 9th FS, which were previously F-117A Nighthawk squadrons, went into a dormant status