A B-24 flies over Alamogordo Army Air Field, now Holloman Air Force Base, during the 1940s. The airfield served as a training site for 19 bombardment groups and 73 bombardment squadrons flying B-24s and B-29s.The open airspace of 38 miles wide and 64 miles long between the Sacramento, Organ and San Andres Mountains were a bonus for the increased training required by the Army Air Forces. (photo courtesy of 49th Wing History Office)