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DFC award ceremony

Col. Bradley Downs (left), vice commander of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, pins the Distinguished Flying Cross on Maj. Michael Tolzien, 58th Special Operations Wing during a ceremony July 6 at Kirtland Air Force Base. Tolzien’s Distinguished Flying Cross was awarded “with Valor,” which denotes an act of heroism at grave personal risk far above and beyond while engaged in direct combat with and exposure to an enemy’s hostilities.

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DFC award ceremony

Col. Bradley Downs (left), vice commander of the 492nd Special Operations Wing, and Maj. Michael Tolzien, 58th Special Operations Wing, stand at attention during the reading of the award citation for the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony July 6 at Kirtland Air Force Base. Tolzien’s received the Distinguished Flying Cross “with Valor,” which denotes an act of heroism at grave personal risk far above and beyond while engaged in direct combat with and exposure to an enemy’s hostilities.

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DFC award ceremony

Maj. Michael Tolzien, 58th Special Operations Wing, speaks to the audience after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross at a ceremony July 6 at Kirtland Air Force Base. Tolzien’s received the Distinguished Flying Cross “with Valor,” which denotes an act of heroism at grave personal risk far above and beyond while engaged in direct combat with and exposure to an enemy’s hostilities.

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Change of command

Lt. Col. Angela Messing is one of three new squadron commanders to assume command at Kirtland in June. Here, Messing (right) takes the 705th Combat Training Squadron guidon from Col. Jon Rhone, 505th Test and Evaluation commander, during a ceremony June 29. (Air Force photo by Kendahl Johnson)

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In with the new

Maj. Daniel McGuire (right) takes the 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron guidon from 377th MSG commander Col. Michael Harner at a ceremony June 27. McGuire is one of three new squadron commanders to take command in June. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kirtland Public Affairs)

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

Kirtland Airmen parade the 50 state flags at the Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial. Past, present and future veterans were honored during the ceremony.

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

Maj. Gen. Matthew Molloy, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, speaks to the audience at the Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial. Molloy encouraged listeners to strive to serve the country and the community.

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

Maj. Gen. Matthew Molloy, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, administers to enlistment oath to new Army recruits at the Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial.

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

Thomas Begay, Iwo Jima veteran and Navajo Code Talker, was one of several hundred to attend the Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial. Past, present and future veterans were honored during the ceremony.

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2017

The Kirtland Honor Guard posts the colors at the Veterans Day Ceremony Nov. 11 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial. Past, present and future veterans were honored during the ceremony.

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AFNWC Change of Command

Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, passes the unit guidon to the new Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander Maj. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris during a change of command ceremony Oct. 6 at Hardin Field.

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AFNWC Change of Command

Maj. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center's new commander, speaks to the audience at his change of command ceremony Oct. 6 at Hardin Field.

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AFNWC Change of Command

Maj. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center's new commander, issues his first salute at his change of command ceremony Oct. 6 at Hardin Field.

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AFNWC Change of Command

From left, Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen M. Pawlikowski, outgoing Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Commander Maj. Gen. Scott Jansson and incoming AFNWC Commander Maj. Gen. Shaun Q. Morris salute during the change of command ceremony Friday at Hardin Field. Pawlikowski presided over the ceremony.

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DFC medal recipients

Commander of the 19th Air Force, Maj. Gen Patrick J. Doherty, (far left) presented four instructors from the 58th Special Operations Wing with Distinguished Flying Cross medals during a ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base May 23. (Left to right) Maj. Robert Meyersohn, Maj. Arjun Rau, TSgt. David Shea and Tech. Sgt. Kenneth Zupow received the medals for their harrowing feats of bravery during separate missions in downrange environments.

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Dignified Arrival

Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard members act as pallbearers for Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Heck on Nov. 18 as his remains arrive at the Albuquerque International Sunport en route to Cannon Air Force Base for the funeral. This dignified arrival, the primary mission of honor guards, was the first KAFB Honor Guard has performed in many years. Six Honor Guard members act as pallbearers and a seventh renders a salute. Heck was stationed at Cannon before transferring to Yakota Air Base, Japan, where he died.