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  • NTSIL dedicated by AFRL

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here dedicated the new Navigation Technology Satellite Integration Laboratory March 26, 2019, with a ribbon cutting ceremony. The new facility, officially Kirtland's Bldg. 578, will host research and development work on RV's satellite

  • Kirtland hosts military retiree appreciation day

    Guy Leahy, 377th Medical Group health promotion program coordinator, leads retirees in Tai Chi during military retiree appreciation day at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. March 27, 2019. Tai Chi is an ancient form of exercise that improves muscle strength and flexibility. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Nucleus to discontinue publication after March 28

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Nucleus, our print newspaper, is coming to an end this week. The events, news briefs and much of the content will continue to be published by the Kirtland Public Affairs office across several electronic and on-line media: Kirtland.af.mil; the Kirtland official Facebook

  • CPTS/FSS wins basketball championship

    The intramural basketball trophy was hoisted Friday by a team that began the campaign with a vision: a championship or nothing. The 377th CPTS/FSS team achieved that goal March 21, with a 49-38 victory over SFS Jones.

  • KAFBFD names Global Strike Fire Dept. of year

    The Chicago Bulls, Montreal Canadiens, New York Yankees, Los Angeles Lakers, Oakland A’s and the Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department. What do these organizations have in common? Three-peats. The KAFBFD won the Global Strike Command Air Force Chief Master Sergeant Ralph E. Sanborn Fire

  • Housing survey results announced via town hall meetings

    Kirtland officials held four town hall meetings last week, releasing the results of an Air Force-mandated health and safety review of privatized housing. The housing survey was conducted from February 18 to March 1 across the Air Force. Here at Kirtland, command teams surveyed Airmen and their

  • House wins Diamond Sharp Award

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Audrey House, 377th Maintenance Squadron munitions operations NCO in charge, receives the February Diamond Sharp Award from Master Sgt. Robbie Powell-Greenwood, 377th MXS first sergeant, at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 15, 2019. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff

  • Team Kirtland participates in Bataan Memorial Death March

    Members of Team Kirtland and more than 8,600 runners and marchers participated in the 30th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March, at White Sands Missile Range, N.M., March 17, 2019.The Bataan Memorial event is a march through the high desert terrain of White Sands in honor of the heroic service members