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  • Local Airman to attend USAF ‘Prep’ School

    A Holloman Airmen was one of three hundred prior-enlisted military and civilian personnel recently selected to attend the United States Air Force Preparatory School in Colorado Springs, CO., in July. Twenty-year-old Airman 1st Class Cindy Ventura, Aeromedical Dental Squadron public health

  • Hours change to acccommodate exercise players

    Many base agencies have extended their hours or changed their normal routine in order to provide services to Airmen participating in the Phase I and II exercises taking place April 30 to May 11. Manning issues within the units themselves also drove some of the changes. The Fitness and Sports Center

  • Bandit 103, instumental to F-117 development, passes

    In an odd twist of fate, the Air Force and the F-117A Nighthawk program lost one of its premier test pilots nearly 25 years, to the day, after his near-fatal accident while attempting to take-off on an F-117A's final acceptance test. Lt. Col. Robert 'Bob' Riedenauer, U.S. Air Force retired, 70,

  • Keeping food safe during and after power outages

    Here are a few tips to keep food safe during a power outage:Frozen Foods: - Keep the freezer closed. Open the freezer only to take food out. With the door closed, food in most unopened freezers will stay below 40 degrees F up to three days, even in the summer. - Follow these guidelines for

  • SFS Airmen leave for training, deployment

    More than 20 49th Airmen from the 49th Security Forces Squadron left Holloman April 24 on a bus to McGreggor Range, Texas, to train for an upcoming deployment to Iraq. Family, friends and wing leadership were on hand to say farewell to the Airmen. They will spend the next 30 days at McGregor Range,

  • MDG commander retires after 29 years

    The 49th Medical Group commander retired here April 23 during a ceremony that celebrated his nearly 30 years of military service. Col. Matthew Adkins began his Air Force career in January 1974 as an enlisted medic. After his first enlistment, the colonel attended college at Middle Tennessee State

  • 49 MDG inspection rated EXCELLENT

    After four intense days of white glove inspections at the hands of 13 inspectors, the 49th Medical Group pulled out of its Health Services Inspection Friday with an overall rating of EXCELLENT. The medical group inspector general team awarded the clinic the highest score of any Air Force facility in

  • Forced logout effective immediately

    Effective immediately, the 49th Communications Squadron Network Administration section has implemented a forced logout control tool in order to ensure all Holloman workstations are compliant with network guidelines. The forced logoff is a way to enforce already existing security policy for the

  • Airmen help community during Day of Caring

    Nearly 400 Holloman Airmen and community members went throughout Otero County April 20 to help spruce up the Friendliest Place on Earth in the Otero County United Way sponsored Day of Caring project. "The Day of Caring in when the communities comes together and help others in need," said Senior