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Holloman AFB, New Mexico : ウィキペディア英語版 | Holloman Air Force Base
Holloman Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base located six miles (10 km) 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). ==Overview== Holloman is located in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andres mountain ranges. The base is about west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on U.S. Route 70/82; north of El Paso, Texas; and east of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The base covers and is located at an altitude of . 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), 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〔Pierre Tran, "UK, France Discuss Reaper Pilot Training", DefenseNews, June 3, 2015. http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/2015/06/03/uk-dicusses-joint-reaper-pilot-training-with-france/28408303/〕), sensor operators and F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots. Additionally, the wing 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.
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