Dec. 16, 2020 KC-46s refuel F-16 Fighters Air refueling is a core competency for any fighter pilot. The goal is to extend the range or time an aircraft can remain in the air. Enabling both combat and non-combat related missions.
Dec. 16, 2020 Culture of excellence “Next man up.” A phrase often heard in sports refers to the mentality that every player must be ready to contribute to fit the team’s needs if adjustments must be made.While the 54th Operations Support Squadron weather flight does not play a sport, they embody a team frame of mind. The culture of
Dec. 14, 2020 314th Fighter Squadron class 20-CBH graduation 12 F-16 Viper student pilots graduated from the 314th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Basic Course, during a ceremony, Dec. 12, here.The F-16 B-Course is a 37-week long course required for all student pilots. On average, B-Course students log 70 hours of flying time over 59 sorties in addition to roughly
Dec. 11, 2020 Airman Leadership School class 21-2 Forty-nine Airmen graduated from Holloman’s Airman Leadership School during a virtual ceremony, Dec. 11.
Dec. 11, 2020 Spruce-ing up the holidays Holloman Airman received a chance to decorate their homes with a free Christmas tree Dec. 10, 2020, at the Holloman Air Force Base Domenici Fitness Center.
Dec. 11, 2020 First in AETC: KC-46s refuel F-16 fighters In a first for Air Education and Training Command and the 56th Air Refueling Squadron, two KC-46 Pegasus aircraft from the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, along with 10 F-16 Fighting Falcons from the 49th Wing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, teamed up in the skies over New
Dec. 10, 2020 'A Tribute to Persistence': SecAF presents Air Force Cross to Special Tactics Airman Snapped awake by the sound of belt-fed machine gun fire, then-Senior Airman Alaxey Germanovich, a combat controller assigned to the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, surveys the compound he had dozed off in after several sleepless days of combat.
Dec. 9, 2020 B-1B Lancer completes successful external release demonstration The 419th Flight Test Squadron successfully conducted an external weapon release demonstration at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec 4.
Dec. 8, 2020 2020 holiday festival As the end of the year approaches, Team Holloman prepares to celebrate the holidays with an annual tree lighting ceremony and holiday festival on Dec. 3 and Dec. 4 here.