FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico ~ 27 JUNE 2017

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico

Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located six miles southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, and a census-designated place in Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided missile research. It is the home of the 49th Wing (49 WG) of the Air Combat Command (ACC).

Holloman is located in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andres mountain ranges. The base is about 10 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on U.S. Route 70. The base covers 59,639 acres and is located at an altitude of 4,093 feet.

 Holloman is home to the world's longest, at 50,188 feet (almost 10 miles/16 km), and fastest, approaching 10,000 feet per second (3,050 m/s, Mach 9), rocket sled test track, officially known as the Holloman High Speed Test Track.

The 49th Wing – host wing at Holloman Air Force Base – supports national security objectives by deploying worldwide to support peacetime and wartime contingencies. The wing provides combat-ready Airmen, and trains General Atomics MQ-1 Predator and General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper pilots (including all British Reaper pilots), sensor operators and F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots.

The wing also delivers Air Transportable Clinics and Basic Expeditionary Airfield Resources while providing support to more than 17,000 military and civilian personnel to include German Air Force Flying Training center operations. The wing has a proud history of service in World War II, Korea, Southeast Asia, Southwest Asia and NATO-led Operation Allied Force.

Learn More About Holloman Air Force Base HERE!!

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[laurenmarlowe]

HEAR HEAR!

Awesome news Diana!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

***HUGS***



It's great to see you this evening! Thanks very much for tonight's Road Trip to Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico!

[Kathy in Alaska]

~ Road Trip: Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Thank you much ConorMacNessa, it’s great to see you too! Think about you often, and hope you are well.

*HUGS*

[Mr Rogers]

I remember it. Never stationed there PCS, but spent a number of months there TDY.

Once, many, many years ago, a guy TDY there with me got drunk in the O’Club and, on a bet, tried to prove he could yank a tablecloth off a table without moving the dishes. Unhappily for him, he couldn’t. That, and the table he decided to use for his attempt was the Wing Commander’s. Neither the Wing/CC nor his wife were amused...

And in the military back then, the guy finished his training, although he was banned from the club for the remainder of the TDY. Now the Wing/CC would probably be a lesbian who would claim harassment.

[PROCON]

Cool Diana, we wish these Patriot well wishes in their new Military endeavors!

[left that other site]

Hi Kathy!

Today was a gorgeous day with a pond hike, a ride on Blue through some REALLY nice roads, and some serious sight-reading at the piano.

[SkyDancer]

~ Kicking Back Patio Time Quaffing Adult Beverages Being With Family ~

~ Good Evening ~

~ Welcome To My World ~

[PROCON]

Too funny!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, lauren, and thank you for today's Road Trip: Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.

[SandRat]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

Hello Veterans, wherever you are!!

[SkyDancer]

Hai!! (((HUGS)))

[SandRat]

[wjcsux]

Holloman is a nice base. We have had WSMR and Cannon from NM featured. Has Kirtland been on the road trip yet? I may have missed it.

[ConorMacNessa]

We're doing well thanks Lauren. I haven't been able to post on FR lately as much as I would like to - we've been doing a lot of renovation in the Castle.

"I am an American fighting man. I serve in the forces guarding our country and our way of life.
I am prepared to give my life in their defense."

[Kathy in Alaska]

WOOHOO...Diana got her first. ((HUGS))

[luvie]

Gotta love Snoopy....twice as much! ;)

[luvie]

Thanks for the road trip
to my near-by NM neighbor.

[radu]

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