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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.
Dec. 6, 2018
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s executive director receives Presidential Rank Award

The White House recently recognized the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center’s Executive Director Joseph Oder as a 2018 Air Force recipient of the Presidential Rank Award for Meritorious Executive.
Dec. 6, 2018
FamCamp typifies continuing quality of life improvements

The FamCamp, officially our Family Camp Ground, on the east side of Kirtland is beginning what will be an extensive renovation. The effort typifies the quality of life improvements underway at Kirtland. Like our revamped Outdoor Recreation Center, Base Theater, Fitness Centers and Mountain View
Dec. 4, 2018
Nuclear bomb kit reaches major milestone for production phase

The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received formal approval in late October to enter the production phase for the B61-12 nuclear gravity bomb’s new guided tail-kit assembly, or TKA.
Nov. 30, 2018
Kirtland medics take home Global Strike awards

Airmen assigned to the 377th Medical Group received some early holiday greetings this year after the Air Force Global Strike Command Air Force Medical Service Award winners were announced.

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