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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-9 Reaper pilots (including all Spanish and British Reaper pilots [ 13 ] ), sensor operators and F-16 Fighting ...
F-117A Nighthawks of the 49th Operations Group at Holloman AFB, taken shortly after their arrival from Tonopah Airport, Nevada in 1992 German Air Force F-4F Phantom II 72-1261, flown by the 20th Fighter Squadron at Holloman AFB. The Phantoms were flown until 2004; today the German Air Force operates Panavia Tornado IDS and Eurofighter Typhoon ...
A USAF Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, 81-793, of the 7th Fighter Squadron, 49th Fighter Wing, at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, lost its port wing at 1500 hrs. during a pass over Martin State Airport, Middle River, Maryland during the Chesapeake Air Show and crashed into a residential area of Bowley's Quarters, Maryland damaging several homes. [216]
These aircraft provide ocean surface surveillance and relay missile and target telemetry for over-the-horizon coverage of the Gulf Range and also support over-land telemetry missions for the weapons system evaluation program at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, and the Utah Test and Training Range near Hill Air Force Base. The squadron is a ...
A U.S. Air Force McDonnell F-4D-27-MC Phantom II, 65-0653, c/n 1657, 'HO' tailcode, of the 7th TFS, 49th TFW, [103] based at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, and a U.S. Air Force Convair F-106A-130-CO Delta Dart, 59-0125, [104] of the 84th Fighter-Interceptor Squadron, Hamilton AFB, California, collided in mid-air and crashed in isolated areas near ...
It had a left engine fire and the bullets of the second navigator's gun were exploding. Pilot Wing Commander Mohamed Keraidy refused to bail out as he tried to rescue his crew. The intercom was disabled due to the fire. Co-pilot Fl. Lt. Adel El Fiky bailed out safely. Major Samir Abdel Fattah, 1st Navigator, died while trying to eject.
8th Fighter Squadron F-117A Nighthawk stealth fighter 86-0840 landing at Holloman AFB, New Mexico, 2000. The 49th moved to Okinawa in August 1945 and to Japan in September. As part of the Army of occupation in Japan, the 49th Fighter Group trained, took part in maneuvers, and flew surveillance patrols, as part of Far East Air Forces .
As the Air Force's Tier 1 unit, the 24th STS provides special operations airmen to the Joint Special Operations Command, including Pararescuemen, Combat Controllers, Special Reconnaissance, and Tactical Air Control Party personnel. 24th STS members are also trained to conduct classified and clandestine operations such as direct action, counter-terrorism, counter-insurgency, hostage rescue, and ...