News

Dec. 18, 2018
Pentagon releases new BAH rates

The 2019 Basic Allowance for Housing rates, slated to take effect in January, were released by the DoD this week.
Dec. 17, 2018
Kirtland Fire Dept. trains, graduates new firefighters

The Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department swore-in six new firefighters in a ceremony here Dec. 14. The group of cadets completed training at Kirtland, in a Fire and Emergency Services Training Academy program developed by the KAFBFD.
Dec. 14, 2018
Sullivan takes command of 415th SOS

Lt. Col. Joey Sullivan took the 415th Special Operations Squadron guidon during a change of command ceremony here Dec. 14. Col. Richard Carrell, 58th Operations Group commander, was the presiding officer.
Dec. 14, 2018
Airman Leadership School class 19-2 graduates

Kirtland’s Airman Leadership School Class 19-2 graduated Dec. 13 in a ceremony at the Mountain View Club here. Airman Leadership School prepares junior enlisted Airmen to become NCOs in the U.S. Air Force. ALS instructors and Kirtland enlisted leaders took 24 Airmen through the first rung of
Dec. 14, 2018
Airman 1st Class Ana Baynes, Diamond Sharp Winner

Airman 1st Class Ana Baynes, 377th Security Forces Squadron defender, was awarded the November Diamond Sharp Award for her actions off duty in performing the Heimlich maneuver when she saw an elderly man choking.
Dec. 12, 2018
Dec. 16 marks 60th anniversary of Vandenberg’s first nuclear-capable ballistic missile launch

On Nov. 6, an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile was launched from Vandenberg AFB, Calif., down the Western Test Range over the Pacific Ocean. The launch was supported by members of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, especially the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile Systems
Dec. 10, 2018
Trees for Troops

The two-day Trees for Troops event provided free Christmas trees for members of Team Kirtland. Last year the program delivered 17,400 Christmas trees to 70 U.S. military bases; 250 trees delivered to four international bases; and is in its 14th year.
Dec. 10, 2018
2018 Kirtland Christmas tree lighting

The 2018 Kirtland Christmas tree lighting occured Dec. 6, 2018 at the base chapel. Team Kirtland families that attended the Christmas tree lighting had refreshments, built ginger bread houses and were visited by Santa Claus. The Christmas tree can be viewed just east of the base chapel near Wyoming
Dec. 7, 2018
Cookie drive delivers for another holiday season

Seven hundred and eight-two dozen cookies were baked, donated, and/or collected and coordinated by the Kirtland Spouses Club Dec. 5 and 6. They were then delivered by the First Sergeants Council and additional volunteers to dormitory residents Dec. 6. The annual cookie drive, a tradition kept alive
Dec. 7, 2018
Becoming part of the 1%: Chief Master Sgt Promotions

The Air Force selected 479 senior master sergeants for promotion to chief master sergeant out of 2,241 eligible with a selection rate of 21.37 percent for this promotion cycle.