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  • Shirts take on Operation Warm Heart 2007

    The Holloman AFB First Sergeants Counsel, along with Senior NCOs of the Holloman Top 3 sponsored this years Operation Warm Heart campaign. Top 3 members and squadron first sergeants manned a donation booth at the Holloman commissary for a week. These donations go into the First Sergeants Food Locker

  • Holloman welcomes home 49th SFS deployment

    Airmen of the 49th Security Forces Squadron were welcomed home from a deployment by wing leadership, friends and family Dec. 12 at Holloman Air Force Base. "The 25 Airmen returned home after two months of training at McGregor Range, Texas, and a six month deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq," said Master

  • Families needed for Adopt an Airman program

    There are airmen waiting to be hosted through the Holloman Adopt-An-Airman program, officials announced, and a shortage of sponsor families. "I used to be stationed at the Air Force Academy," said Rob Sexton, 49th Fighter Wing Public Affairs community relations manager, "and was always a sponsor to

  • Air Force announces change of incoming commander for Holloman

    The Air Force has decided a new incoming commander for the 49th Fighter Wing. Col. Jeffrey L. Harrigian will be the one accepting the guidon from current commander Brig. Gen. David Goldfein on Jan. 11 at a change of command ceremony. The change of the incoming commander from Col. Russ Handy to

  • Flu vaccines available at 49 MDG

    The 49th Medical Group has received FluMist, the nasal spray influenza vaccine. Flu vaccination with FluMist is available to healthy individuals, ages 5 years to 49 years old. There is also a limited amount of the injectable vaccination available. You can reduce your risk of contracting the flu

  • Holloman names newest, last F-117A dedicated crew chiefs

    The 49th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron honored eight Airmen Dec. 7, 2007, during the Dedicated Crew Chief Appointment Ceremony. "Each aircraft is a critical asset. In order to keep each of the aircraft ready to destroy our enemy's war-fighting capability and to bring our pilots home safely, a

  • First supersonic weapon release system tested at Holloman

    Members of the 846th Test Squadron and the Boeing Corporation have successfully demonstrated how an innovative application of a technology called active flow control enables - for the first time - munitions to be safely released from a weapons bay at high supersonic speeds. During a recent test at

  • Final Bandit flies 1,000 hours

    The final pilot to achieve 1,000 flying hours in the F-117A took to the skies for the historic flight Dec. 7. Lt. Col. Kenneth Tatum, 9th Fighter Squadron commander, achieved a milestone that few other Bandits, any F-117 pilot, have achieved. "It is a real honor to join the ranks of the other 26