Nov. 5, 2013 Wing commander holds Holloman town hall meeting The 49th Wing commander hosted a town hall meeting Oct. 29 at the Desert Sands Club here to field questions from Holloman service members and their families. The meeting also gave base agencies a chance to provide important information and answer questions.During the meeting, Col. Andrew Croft, 49th
Nov. 1, 2013 Holloman tops ACC in installation excellence Holloman Air Force Base is an outstanding example of what the Air Force considers to be a top-notch military installation. As proof, Air Combat Command awarded Holloman the Commander-in-Chief's 2013 Installation Excellence Award.The importance and stature of this award was stated in a press release
Oct. 31, 2013 Raptors to conduct night flying training The 49th Wing will be conducting routine F-22 Raptor night flying training next week to stay current with mandatory Air Force requirements.Most training flights should be completed each evening before 11:59 p.m. The training may produce more noise than normal at Holloman, over the White Sands
Oct. 25, 2013 Holloman hosts annual leadership conference The 49th Wing held its annual senior leadership conference Oct. 17-19 on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M."It is critically important for the 4,479 military members and the 5,500 retirees and dependents on this installation that the senior leadership takes some time out of our busy schedules to think
Oct. 21, 2013 NEWS RELEASE: Holloman haunted house to be open to the public Holloman Air Force Base is opening the doors to its annual Haunted House to the public for the first time this year Oct. 25-26 from 6 to 11 p.m."On behalf of the men and women of Team Holloman, I'd like to invite the community to enjoy 25,000 square feet of exciting and terrifying Halloween horrors
Oct. 10, 2013 Holloman celebrates National Domestic Violence Awareness Month Every year, October is recognized nationwide as Domestic Violence Awareness Month. Within each branch of the military, the Family Advocacy Program puts a special focus on prevention of all forms of domestic abuse as a reminder that it is an ongoing mission.According to Capt. Derandoria Young, 49th
Oct. 2, 2013 Holloman AFB hosts National Night Out HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. - Members of Team Holloman were invited to participate in this year's sixth annual National Night Out Oct. 1, sponsored by Soaring Heights Communities. National Night Out is a community-police awareness-raising event in the United States, held the first Tuesday in
Sept. 25, 2013 NEWS RELEASE: Team Holloman member dies in motorcycle accident Brian Miller, a Holloman Air Force Base Commissary contract employee, died Friday evening at approximately 9:50 p.m. on westbound U.S. 70 near Tularosa, N.M., when his motorcycle collided with an elk.Miller was not wearing a helmet at the time of the accident. "Every member of Team Holloman is
Aug. 27, 2013 Holloman homes shifting to solar power Team Holloman recently joined a part of an initiative to increase energy efficiency and use of renewable resources with the installation of solar panels throughout the base's privatized housing communities. Solar City is contracted to complete the 18-month project, which is expected to be finished
Aug. 19, 2013 Airmen asked to participate in DoD anti-tobacco video competition The Department of Defense (DoD), Health Affairs, has recently announced a new tobacco countermarketing video competition aimed to target the message of tobacco being an enemy of our military as it degrades their health, fitness, mission readiness and work productivity. The competition entitled,