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With the September 1947 formation of the USAF, in late 1947 the Holloman range and the White Sands Proving Ground merged to become the New Mexico Joint Guided Missile Test Range (later renamed White Sands Missile Range), [5]: 248 and the renamed Holloman Air Force Base (13 January 1948) supported WSMR launch complexes (Launch Complex 33, etc ...
Two F-4Fs over the skies of Holloman AFB [note 7] With the closure of George Air Force Base, California, the German Air Force F-4F Phantom II training which was held in the western United States was transferred to Holloman effective 5 June 1992, and the 9th made an equipment change from the F-15A to the F-4F Phantom II. The aircraft used to ...
The 54th Fighter Group is an active unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico and assigned to the 49th Wing of Air Education and Training Command. The group was reactivated in March 2014. The group was first activated as the 54th Pursuit Group during the buildup of the Air Corps just prior to World War II.
The squadron became the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron and was activated at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico in October 2009. The squadron provided initial qualification training for pilots and sensor operators learning to operate the General Atomics MQ-1 Predator remotely operated aircraft until 2017, when the General Atomics MQ-9 Reaper ...
The second predecessor of the squadron was activated at Holloman Air Force Base in December 1982 as the 6586th Test Squadron. It provided operational and maintenance support for all Department of Defense (DOD) test aircraft staging out of Holloman Air Force Base from 1982 until 1990. Starting in 1991, it flew developmental test and evaluation ...
New Mexico Rep. Gabe Vasquez at Holloman Air Force Base in Otero County, New Mexico. Vasquez's visit followed the announcement of a permanent presence of the F-16 training unit at the base.
Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. 121st Tactical Fighter Group: 22 April 1968 – 18 June 1969; Lockbourne Air Force Base, Ohio. 177th Tactical Fighter Group: 22 April 1968 – 18 June 1969; Myrtle Beach Air Force Base, South Carolina. 479th Fighter Group: 26 July - 15 November 1991 [14] 833d Combat Support Group: 1 October 1981 - 1 ...
Holloman Air Force Base will host the Legacy of Liberty Air Show Sunday, June 2, 2024. "The Thunderbirds thrilled a crowd of 28,000 during our air show in 2022," said U.S. Air Force Col. Justin ...