Holloman is located in New Mexico's Tularosa Basin between the Sacramento and San Andreas mountain ranges. The base is about 10 miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, on route 70/82; 90 miles north of El Paso, Texas; 70 miles east of Las Cruces, New Mexico. The base covers 59,639 acres of land and is located at an altitude of 4,093 feet. Holloman is home to the world's longest, 50,188 feet (almost 10 miles), and fastest, approaching 10,000 feet per second (Mach 9), Test Track.

Holloman Air Force Base is located approximately 90 miles (145 kilometers) north of El Paso, Texas, and 27 miles (43 kilometers) west of Alamogordo, New Mexico. The nearest major airport is in El Paso and has several major airlines. Alamogordo has a small regional airport and one small airline that stops at Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Holloman AFB is located in high desert country at an average elevation of about 4200 feet (1250 meters). There are approximately 300 square miles of mountainous terrain with peaks extending up to 9,000 feet Mean Sea Level (MSL). The mountains are covered with short- to medium-height vegetation on the east side with very little vegetation on the west side, which consists of 2000+ foot vertical cliffs. The desert floor is relatively flat with low vegetation and is nominally between 4000 and 5000 MSL. The maximum temperature can reach 110 degrees Fahrenheit in the summer and a minimum of zero degrees in the winter. Typically, the weather is pleasant, and there is very little test time lost to bad weather.

Located on the eastern edge at the southern part of WSMR, Holloman Air Force Base (HAFB) occupies 24,153 ha (59,639 acres) of land and houses 4,900 military, 870 civilian personnel, and is home to 380 members of the German Air Force. HAFB is home to F-117 (Stealth) fighters and is a WSMR Range customer. HAFB overflies virtually all of WSMR and utilizes the Red Rio and Oscura Bombing Areas in the northeast corner of WSMR, and YONDER Impact Area in the San Andres Mountains. HAFB shares boundaries with White Sands National Monument and WSMR and interacts regularly in various mission activities.

Holloman Air Force Base operates the Radar Target Scatter (RATSCAT) and RATSCAT Advanced Measurements (RAMS) facilities, and utilizes the Red Rio and Oscura Bombing Ranges, Yonder, and WSMR airspace for training. For WSMR areas used for HAFB training cooperates with WSMR and funds and executes certain natural resources projects.

In 1992, Holloman Air Force Base again garnered national attention when the Air Force’s most technological fighter, the F-117A Nighthawk made its new home at Holloman. Holloman Air Force Base continues to serve at the forefront of military operations, with its F-117 "stealth" aircraft and serving as the training center for the German Air Force’s Tactical Training Center.

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