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  • 49 OG gets taste for hand-to-hand combatives

    With Airmen deploying more frequently, for longer periods of time and into jobs not traditionally associated with the Air Force, combatives training has become important. The commander of the 49th Operations Group, Col. Jack Forsythe, acknowledged these realities and with the help of 49 OG

  • Volunteering is fun when you bowl for the kids

    Big Brothers Big Sisters offers many different program options for our youth. Any child in the Otero County area who wants and could benefit from a relationship with a caring volunteer may become a "Little Brother" or "Little Sister" in the various local programs, but this program is unique. They

  • Wing commander hosts town hall meeting

    More than 40 Alamogordo residents attended a briefing by Col. Jeff Harrigian, 49th Fighter Wing commander, at the Senior Center April 28, where he discussed goals for the upcoming year. Colonel Harrigian gave the audience a look at where the 49 FW is headed, the key challenges associated with the

  • Holloman hosts Holocaust remembrance event

    On November 8, 1938 demonstrations began against German Jews, brought on by the murder of a German diplomat in Paris. Fanned by Nazi propaganda, a 48- hour period of state sanctioned anti-Semitic mob violence followed. In remembrance of that initial demonstration and the persecution of Jews that

  • Alamogordo Desert Dawgs have Air Power

    Holloman Air Force Base and the city of Alamogordo have teamed up for many events in the past and for the sake of football they've done it again. The city of Alamogordo recently started a semi pro football team called the Desert Dawgs and currently have 13 military members from Holloman playing and

  • Holloman awaits the arrival of the F-22

    Holloman recently said goodbye to the F-117A Nighthawk and the time has now come to prepare for the arrival of the F-22A Raptor. "One of the projects we have going on is phasing out tools used exclusively for the F-117. "Then phasing in, getting our support section spun up with the F-22 equipment