To cover transportation, meals, and facility rentals the conference fee will only be $150.  We have received tremendous support to help keep that cost down this year, both from the base and local supporters.  We thank them all. .

Hotel

We have discount rates set up at our primary hotel, the Holiday Inn Express  (Group rate FPS) and an overflow hotel next door, the Hampton Inn.  Both hotels need reservations to be made by 19 October. 

[10/17 The Holiday Inn Express is full.  There are at the moment still ten rooms under the reduced rate available at the Hampton Inn. ]

If you wish to come early for  the Holloman AFB Open House on the 24th, the Hampton Inn will extend their discounted rates to cover that.  

Note, by law all rooms are non-smoking. 

PhanCon Reservation/Registration

Because you will be visiting restricted areas you will again be asked (securely) for personal information during the registration process to include your SSN or Passport, birthdate, actual residential address, etc. This information will be provided to the USAF authorities in advance of our visit. It will be kept private and not shared otherwise.

We are using this EZregister site this year because of the secure registration features it offers. When you click on Register you should be taken to a secure https connection. 

When you click on either of the register now buttons on this page you will be given the opportunity to create a personal account with EZregister.  You do not need to do that at all.  We suggest you skip that step and go straight to the registration page here. 

One does not need to be a member of the Society to attend this event.

Deadlines: The base now says they need three weeks to process  those without US citizenship.  That means we must have your information by Oct 6th if you are not a US citizen, otherwise by  Oct 19th.  

We advise all to bring two forms of photo ID. 

If you have any problems registering or paying please contact Registrations.  

[NEW] For non-US Citizens we can accept your information without a registration as long as you submit it by Oct 6th.  You must still come back and fully register by Oct 19th.  To pre-register please click here.   Pre-registrations are now closed, sorry.

Summary

•   US Citizens.. register by Oct 19th
•   Non-US Citizens.. register by Oct 6th or make a reservation by Oct 6th and follow-up with a registration by Oct 19th.  We must have your background information by Oct 6th.  

Briefing

The mandatory security/procedures briefing will be given on the buses Wed AM.  One item that will be briefed... no cellphones are allowed on the flight line.  If you just can't leave them at the hotel, we plan to provide a box on the bus for you to store them in.  Make sure yours is well marked/identifiable.  

Schedule

At Holloman flight operations change right up to the last minute, and they want us to get the best shots, so our schedule is going to be flexible. This year we will not be splitting the group up so everyone will have the same opportunities.   

Below is a condensed version of the current base approved schedule, subject to change.  

Tuesday 27 Oct 2009

1200-2400 Check In (Holiday Inn Express)

1200-2400 Vendor Room and Hospitality Suite Open (Holiday Inn Express)

1700-1930 Welcome Reception (VFW Post 7686) (VFW courtesy van transport from Holiday Inn will be available)

1930-2200 Dinner at your leisure 

Wednesday 28 Oct 2009

0600-0730  Breakfast Buffet (Holiday Inn Express-free)   

0730           Board Buses at Holiday Inn Express (IDs checked)

0745           Buses depart (briefing on buses as to rules re photography, restricted access, no cell phones on flight line, etc) 

0800-1130  Travel to Det F-4 Hangar, Briefing and Ramp Activities

1130-1300  Hosted Lunch at E-Club.  

1300-1415  F22 Raptor Static display
1415-1515  Heritage park tour, photos

1515-1630 GAF Tornado Static display

1630-1700  Return to Holiday Inn  (Dinner at your leisure.. free Vans available to VFW for a great F-4 Hamburger!)

1900-2400  Vendor Room and Hospitality Suite open

Thursday 29 Oct 2009

0600-0800  Breakfast Buffet (Holiday Inn Express)

0800           Board Buses at Holiday Inn Express (IDs checked)

0815           Buses depart
0830-1130  T-38 ramp, Photo Op End of Runway, and Predator (MQ-1/MQ-9) Operations.  Order and times flexible to accommodate flight schedule.

1130-1300  Hosted Lunch at E-Club.  49th FW Mission Brief

1300-1530  High Speed Test Track
1530-1600  Return to Holiday Inn

1600-1715  Break

1715-1745  Board buses for return to Holloman for Dinner at O'Club (yes, IDs checked again, don't forget them)

1745-1830  Cocktail Hour

1830           Post Colors, Dinner

1930           Business Meeting

2015           Break

2030            Guest Speakers-  LtCol "Brick" Eisel and Major Jim Schreiner.. Authors "Magnum I, The Wild Weasels in Desert Storm.  The Elimination of Iraq's Air Defense"

2130           Buses back to Holiday Inn

2200-2400  Vendor Room and Hospitality Suite Open

2400           PhanCon 2009 officially ends

Vendors

If you wish to reserve a space or get more information  please contact our Vendor Coordinator via this email address: Email Coordinator. We will have a much larger room this year.

Other Events

 Holloman AFB Open House on 24 October from 9 to 4:30.. "Raptors and Reapers over the Southwest".  Flight demos of the F-22 and F-4, Heritage flight with P-51, plus other aviation groups scheduled. Free to public.  www.holloman.af.mil/openhouse.asp

 Looking forward to seeing you folks.


Registration...

All registrations close on Oct 19th.  Click here to complete registration and pay. Those non-US citizens who took the opportunity to pre-register may also register until the 19th.