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ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Members of the Tops in Blue ensemble perform at the Tays Center June 1. The 35 members of Tops in Blue serve as an expeditionary entertainment unit to provide quality entertainment for the U.S. Air Force family while simultaneously promoting community relations, supporting recruiting efforts and serving as ambassadors for the U.S. Air Force. The vocalists, musicians, dancers and technicians in the Tops in Blue 2012 tour are scheduled to perform more than 120 shows in 20 different countries this year. Each year, Air Force personnel stationed worldwide compete in a multilevel competition for the right to be selected as a member of the unique unit. The Tops in Blue team is an all active duty Air Force special unit made up of talented performers selected for their entertainment abilities. Since its first world tour in 1953, the group has also performed on film, produced albums, and appeared on national television. This year’s performance featured songs by The Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Whitney Houston, Maroon 5, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, and The Zac Brown Band. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/Released)


Tops in Blue rocks Team Holloman

ALAMOGORDO, N.M. – Members of the Tops in Blue ensemble perform at the Tays Center June 1. The 35 members of Tops in Blue serve as an expeditionary entertainment unit to provide quality entertainment for the U.S. Air Force family while simultaneously promoting community relations, supporting recruiting efforts and serving as ambassadors for the U.S. Air Force. The vocalists, musicians, dancers and technicians in the Tops in Blue 2012 tour are scheduled to perform more than 120 shows in 20 different countries this year. Each year, Air Force personnel stationed worldwide compete in a multilevel competition for the right to be selected as a member of the unique unit. The Tops in Blue team is an all active duty Air Force special unit made up of talented performers selected for their entertainment abilities. Since its first world tour in 1953, the group has also performed on film, produced albums, and appeared on national television. This year’s performance featured songs by The Doobie Brothers, Earth, Wind & Fire, Whitney Houston, Maroon 5, Darius Rucker, Carrie Underwood, Lady Antebellum, and The Zac Brown Band. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Siuta B. Ika/Released)

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Members of the 846th Test Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., watch as another world record is set at the magnetically-levitated sled system here March 4. High-fives and handshakes followed the second successful launch that week—breaking their own world record of 513 mph with 633 mph. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Randahl J. Jenson)
Members of the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight allow children to sit inside a P-34 Rapid Intervention Vehicle during the National Night Out event hosted by the Soaring Heights community office at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 6. The night out event is a community-based event that increases awareness about safety programs in local communities, such as drug prevention, neighborhood watch and other anti-crime efforts as well as offering food and fun for the families in attendance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
During the National Night Out event hosted by the Soaring Heights community office a Team Holloman dependent gets his finger prints scanned into a database used to assist parents locating lost children at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 6. The night out event is a community-based event that increases awareness about safety programs in local communities, such as drug prevention, neighborhood watch and other anti-crime efforts as well as offering food and fun for the families in attendance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Harvey Stevens, 49th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Protection Flight assistant chief of fire protection, provides information to parents and gifts to children during the National Night Out event hosted by the Soaring Heights community office at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 6. The night out event is a community-based event that increases awareness about safety programs in local communities, such as drug prevention, neighborhood watch and other anti-crime efforts as well as offering food and fun for the families in attendance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
A Team Holloman dependent aims for the target at the dunk tank during the annual National Night Out event hosted by Soaring Heights Communities at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 6. This is the eighth year Soaring Heights has hosted the event and brought together law enforcement, fire protection and community support agencies to provide Holloman residents information and child safety material. Every year, Holloman Airmen and local community members gather at Soaring Heights which offers them food, music and various events for children to enjoy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Members of Team Holloman and Alamogordo residents participate in the annual National Night Out event hosted by Soaring Heights Communities at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct. 6. This is the eighth year Soaring Heights has hosted the event and brought together law enforcement, fire protection and community support agencies to provide Holloman residents information and child safety material. Volunteers and local vendors offered free food and beverages. Soaring Heights also set up activities for children and raffled off prizes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Members of Team Holloman and Alamogordo residents participate in the annual National Night Out event hosted by Soaring Heights Communities at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Oct 6. This is the eighth year Soaring Heights has hosted the event and brought together law enforcement, fire protection and community support agencies to provide Holloman residents information and child safety material. During the event, local vendors offered free food and beverages. Soaring Heights also set up activities for children and raffled off prizes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Senior Airman Samuel Davis, an airfield systems maintenance apprentice with the 2nd Weather Squadron, Det. 4, checks incoming and outgoing signals as part of routine preventative maintenance at the Holloman Solar Observatory on Sept. 24. Davis monitors video and checks signals to make sure everything is within the correct parameters. He also makes small adjustments to keep the telescopes running smoothly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Staff Sgt. Erin O’Connell, a solar analyst with the 2nd Weather Squadron, Det. 4, creates a sunspot drawing from a projected image of the sun at the Holloman Solar Observatory on Sept. 24. Sunspots are temporary phenomena on the visible surface of the sun that appear visibly as dark spots compared to surrounding regions. The solar analysts closely monitor this information in order to safeguard and protect important assets in both civilian and Department of Defense agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Staff Sgt. Erin O’Connell, a solar analyst with the 2nd Weather Squadron, Det. 4, monitors multiple live readings from the sun while looking out for any kind of solar activity that might affect Earth at the Holloman Solar Observatory on Sept. 24. The solar observatory works jointly with civilian and Department of Defense customers who utilize the information in different ways. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Master Sgt. Kenneth Moncrief and Senior Airman Samuel Davis test the solar telescope after conducting repairs at the Holloman Solar Observatory on Sept. 24. Moncrief and Davis are the two depot-level maintenance technicians from the 2nd Weather Squadron, Det. 4 who service and maintain three solar telescopes around the world, the other two being in Learmonth, Australia and San Vito, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
Senior Airman Samuel Davis, an airfield systems maintenance apprentice with the 2nd Weather Squadron, Det. 4, re-installs a solar telescope’s polaroid servo after repairing it at the Solar Observatory at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., on Sept. 24. The Holloman solar observatory monitors solar activity and reports their findings to various agencies that disperse gathered information in order to facilitate protective and safeguard measures as well as research and forecasting initiatives. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)
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