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  • A QF-16 drone sits on the flightline before its first flight at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Feb. 10, 2017. Lt. Col. Ronald King, the 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Det. 1 commander, piloted the drone during the first flight since the 82nd ATRS, Det. 1 transitioned from QF-4 Phantoms to QF-16s. The QF-16 serves as a full-scale aerial target to test next-generation weapons systems. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Kenney)

    QF-16 takes flight at Holloman AFB

    The QF-16 drone took its first flight at Holloman Air Force Base Feb. 10, 2017. The manned sortie was the first for the QF-16 at Holloman AFB since the retirement of the QF-4 Phantom in 2016.
  • Specialist Gene Osborne, a 734th Ordnance Company Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician at Fort Bliss, Texas, points out a key function on an F-16 Fighting Falcon to Senior Airman Benjamin Vetter, a 49th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD technician at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Feb. 14, 2017. The 49th EOD team work with the 734th EOD team on training tasks in order to provide them with more hands-on experience with the aircrafts. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Ilyana A. Escalona)

    Air Force, Army work together during EOD training

    Explosive ordnance disposal team members, assigned to the Army’s 734th Explosive Ordnance Company at Fort Bliss, Texas, participated in a joint training exercise with the 49th Civil Engineer Squadron EOD flight at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 14.
  • Senior Airman Devon Guillory and Tech. Sgt. Adam Hayes, 49th Maintenance Squadron aircraft structural maintenance technicians, create a seal on a vacuum repair on a composite structure, Dec. 14, 2016, at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Once the composite structure is repaired, it can be sanded, painted and returned to the aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Emily Kenney)

    Airmen perform bodywork, ensure capable aircraft

    Sandpaper scrapes along the wing of an MQ-9 Reaper, as debris drifts to the ground and the smell of chemical agents saturate the air. Squeals from an F-16 Fighting Falcon engine fill the temperature-controlled back shop. The Airmen are focused; there’s a job to be done, and it has to be done right. This is a normal day in the 49th Maintenance Squadron’s sheet metal shop.
  • A QF-4 Phantom flies over Holloman Air Force, Base, N.M., during the Phinal Phlight event on Dec. 21, 2016. This event marks the end of the aircraft’s 53 years of service to the Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eboni Prince)

    Phantom's phinale

    Lt. Col. Ronald King, her pilot, grinned and eased her forward on the way into history. Today was 21 December. This was the final flight of the QF-4 Phantom – the final flight of AF 349 – and after 53 dedicated years of superior service, the final flight of the Phantom II would be done right.

  • Around the Air Force: Nov. 22

    On this look around the Air Force, Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico has been selected to be the interim home for two F-16 Fighting Falcon training squadrons, the secretary of defense got a close look at special operations Airmen at work, and the Air Force has concluded an F-16 crash investigation.

  • AF selects Holloman AFB as preferred location for interim F-16 training squadrons

    The Air Force selected Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, as the preferred alternative for the interim home for two F-16 Fighting Falcon training squadrons created to increase fighter pilot production as the service faces a growing pilot shortage.
  • A QF-4 Aerial Target aircraft in manned configuration, piloted by Jim Harkins, 82nd Aerial Targets Squadron, Detachment 1, performs a flyby at Hill Air Force Base, Oct. 25. (U.S. Air Force photo by Paul Holcomb)

    QF-4 mission nearly complete

    The QF-4 Aerial Target mission is winding down and two of the aircraft visited here Oct. 25 so that those who have supported F-4 Phantom IIs over the years could see them one last time.

  • AF releases criteria for basing new F-16 training squadrons

    The Air Force released basing criteria Aug. 11 that will be used to select candidate bases to establish additional permanent formal training units using F-16 Fighting Falcons from Hill Air Force Base, Utah.
  • Senior Airman Fabian Delgado, a traffic management journeyman with the 6th Logistics Readiness Squadron, transfers crates on MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., April 19, 2016. The crates contain war reserve materiel, which is prepositioned in reserve for times of need. Since the 49th Materiel Maintenance Support Squadron’s Operating Location Alpha moved from MacDill AFB to Holloman AFB, N.M., in 2015, excess materiel has been transported throughout the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Mariette Adams)

    Airmen back up AF units with emergency materiel reserves

    Since the 49th Materiel Maintenance Support Squadron's Operating Location Alpha moved from MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, to Holloman AFB, New Mexico, in 2015, traffic management Airmen have been loading excess materiel for bases in need.

  • Around the Air Force: April 22

    This look around the Air Force features a special centennial celebration in Paris and Airmen at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, break a world record.
  • Senior Airman Paul Gatlin, an aircraft structural maintenance technician with the 49th Maintenance Squadron, finishes taping off the vertical stabilizer of the 54th Fighter Squadron’s F-16 Fighting Falcon flagship at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 10, 2015. Corrosion control specialists have the unique task of ensuring every aircraft on base is able to withstand deterioration caused by the weather. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Randahl J. Jenson)

    Painting squadron pride

    When it comes to taking care of the F-16 Fighting Falcons at Holloman Air Force Base, aircraft structural maintenance technicians have a major responsibility. As corrosion experts, they strip and re-paint F-16 tails -- replacing Luke AFB's "LF" with Holloman's "HO."
  • Airmen from the 54th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare an F-16 Fighting Falcon for aircraft purification Nov. 4 at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M. Aircraft purification is the process in which water, air and contaminant particles are removed from the hydraulic fluid in an aircraft. Holloman Airmen performed this process for the first time on an F-16 on Nov. 3. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Emily A. Kenney)

    Holloman F-16s first in AF for aircraft purification

    The F-16 Fighting Falcons at Holloman Air Force Base became the first F-16s in the Air Force to go through the aircraft purification process Nov. 3.
  • Student sensor operators from the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron practice tactical operations during an MQ-1 Predator super sortie simulator mission. Super sortie missions allow two student crews to be trained simultaneously. Student sensor operators will learn a variety of missions, including raid over watch, route clearance, target development, and close air support. Holloman is the Air Force’s premier base for Predator and MQ-9 Reaper pilot and sensor operator training. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman BreeAnn Sachs)

    Remotely piloted aircraft training expands at Holloman

    The Air Force currently employs numerous remotely piloted aircraft in support of surveillance and reconnaissance missions throughout deployed locations, with the bulk of these missions are being placed specifically upon the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper aircraft.
  • Staff Sgt. Erin O’Connell, a solar analyst with Detachment 2, 2nd Weather Squadron, creates a sunspot drawing from a projected image of the sun at the Holloman Solar Observatory on Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., Sept. 24, 2015. 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 Defense Department agencies. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Aaron Montoya)

    A little flare: Solar observatory monitors sun’s activity

    Ninety-three million miles away from the Earth sits a fiery sphere of hot gas. It’s 332,946 times the mass of Earth and has surface temperatures reaching 9,932 degrees, which is capable of disrupting satellites, power grids and even pilots flying at high altitudes. The sun launches these attacks arising from its surface with a massive burst of gas and magnetic fields called a coronal mass ejection.
  • December 10, 2014 marks the 60th anniversary of Col. John P. Stapp’s record-breaking experiment at the Holloman High Speed Test Track. Stapp died at his home in Alamogordo, N.M. in 1999, but his findings continue to help the team at the test track perform and continue to be the world’s best rocket sled test team. (Courtesy Photo)

    60 years later: Earning the title 'the fastest man on earth'

    On Dec. 10, 1954, Col. John P. Stapp propelled down the Holloman High Speed Test Track here aboard the Sonic Wind Rocket Sled 1 at a rate of 632 miles per hour, earning the title "The Fastest Man on Earth."
  • Detachment 12, 372nd Training Squadron mission-ready Airmen, or MRA, perform a preflight check July 21, 2014, on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The MRA program teaches Airmen F-16 launching, recovering, and pre- and post-flight inspections preparing them to maintain aircraft at their duty stations. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Cory Gossett)

    Mission-ready Airman course graduates 11,000 strong

    The 372nd Training Squadron’s Detachment 12 graduated its 11,000th mission-ready Airman, or MRA, here recently. With their training complete at Luke Air Force Base, the newly-graduated crew chiefs will be able to use their specialized skills at their first permanent assignment.

  • Unmanned QF-4 crashes near Holloman

    An unmanned QF-4 Aerial Target assigned to the 82nd Aerial Target Squadron here, crashed Feb. 7. The crash site is located inside the White Sands National Monument, which was closed in advance of the test mission.
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