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  • Civil servant retires after 43 years of service

    Joseph Nevins served his country both as an Airman and as a civil servant with nearly 43 years of service. Nevins has served as the 58th Maintenance Group deputy director here from 2004-2019, where he directed and integrated the efforts of 936 personnel supporting the execution of a 12,000 hour

  • Winter Weather causes base delays and closures

    A view of the intersection of Gibson and Texas covered in snow after a winter blizzard hit Dec. 27, 2018. A blizzard blanketed the Albuquerque area and prompted closure of Kirtland Air Force Base to non-mission essential personnel on Dec. 27, and 28, 2018.

  • KADD program remade for 2019

    The Kirtland Against Drunk Driving program has been redesigned for 2019, with the ride-haling service Lyft replacing volunteers as the mode of transport for inebriated Airmen in need of a ride home. The new program takes effect the weekend of Jan. 4 and 5. KADD remains available to provide rides

  • Operation Holiday Cheer warms hundreds of hearts

    The scale of the operation was measured in the hundreds: more than 150 volunteers, more than 800 families, more than 600 toys, more than 300 pounds of ham and potatoes, more than 100 gallons of posóle. These were the estimates as people, food, presents and entertainment began to stack up at Fire

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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