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  • Take action to make a smooth transition with TRICARE in 2018

    You may be wondering what action you need to take, if any, to ensure you continue TRICARE coverage in 2018. Some beneficiaries will need to take action, but most will not. If you’re currently enrolled in or eligible for TRICARE coverage on Dec. 31, 2017, you’ll transition to your respective TRICARE

  • Team Kirtland aids in hurricane relief

    Volunteers from across Kirtland came together to fill boxes with clothing, shoes, and toys for children to send to Texas and Florida. The Airmen used items from the overfilled Airman's Attic and filled 8 large boxes. The boxes were placed on a flatbed truck to go to Texas and Florida in relief of

  • Hours changing at Gibson, Wyoming gates

    Hours at the Wyoming Gate are changing permanently, and those at the Gibson Gate are changing temporarily during the construction of security measures.The new Wyoming Gate hours begin Sept. 18. Monday through Friday, the gate will be open to inbound traffic only from 5:30 to 11 a.m. and outbound

  • Royal Air Force Regiment bikes across North America

    Several Royal Air Force airmen from the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force Regiment celebrated the Regiment’s 75th anniversary by biking from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. The bike ride, known as Exercise Diamond Rock, was split up into six legs comprised of eight airmen in each leg.

  • Local students donate lemonade stand’s profit to Harvey victims

    A lemonade stand is a welcome sight on a hot day but two enterprising girls here recently turned it into a profitable opportunity to benefit Hurricane Harvey relief efforts.Ava Farfour, 11-year-old daughter of Col. George Farfour, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, and Skylar Lamb, 12-year-old

  • Kirtland gym receives facelift

    Several Kirtland Air Force Base leaders gathered at the East Side Fitness Center to celebrate the gym’s new renovations on Aug. 30.   The ribbon-cutting ceremony took place to honor all of the hard work that went into upgrading the facility to better meet the needs of those who use it. A 2012 survey

  • Pilot to share mindfulness use at TEDx ABQ

    Lt. Col. Jannell MacAulay is many things: a pilot, a leader, a wife, a mother, an academic and a speaker at the upcoming TEDx ABQ event Sept. 9 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.

  • Installation gates resuming normal operations

    The immediate security concerns prompting the gate operation changes this past week have been resolved and the entrance gates at Kirtland Air Force Base will return to normal operations beginning Tuesday, Sept. 5.   Additionally, the installation is returning to the Trusted Traveler entrance

  • Engineers earn tech development award

    Engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate Integrated Structural Systems Program are receiving an award for their achievement in notable technology development.