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  • New annual Mental Health Assessment requirement begins July 31

    Starting July 31, 2017, Airmen undergoing their annual Periodic Health Assessment may notice something new. A Mental Health Assessment will now be part of every annual PHA, to help ensure that Airmen suffering from undiagnosed mental health issues are referred to the necessary care. Mental health

  • AFNWC raises more than 500 percent of assistance fund goal

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center recently raised more than 500 percent of its goal for the Air Force Assistance Fund at its headquarters location.At Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, the center raised almost $10,600 for the local Air Force Assistance Fund campaign. With less than 2.5 percent of the

  • Air Force releases first-term Airman retraining quotas for FY18

    Eligible active-duty first-term Airmen may choose from more than 1,400 approved retraining quotas in over 20 career fields for fiscal year 2018.  Retraining allows enlisted Airmen, to include staff and technical sergeants on their first enlistment, to retrain into skills where a shortage exists, in

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Gravity Keeps Airmen Grounded

    Besides being the great discovery that Isaac Newton made in 1687, Gravity is a place where Airmen E-1 through E-4 can hang out and play video games, watch movies, and play table games without the influence of alcohol and drugs. “When I first arrived here, I asked my shop leadership ‘Where are the

  • Camp teaches teens all aspects of aviation

    More than two-dozen middle- and high-school students recently spent a week exploring aviation at Kirtland Air Force Base.The local Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Gen. Lloyd W. “Fig” Newton Chapter and the New Mexico State Office of African-American Affairs sponsor and run the annual Youth Aviation Camp, which

  • New Tai Chi classes offer exercise, stress relief

    Tai Chi is showing itself as beneficial in helping individuals improve strength and balance while sharpening their mental focus.The Health Promotion Program will host a “Tai Chi for Beginners” class from noon to 12:30 p.m. June 28 at the 377th Medical Group Physical Therapy Gym.For now, the classes

  • Download the KAFB App!

    Team Kirtland members have a new way to access information about the base. The Kirtland Air Force Base App launched and is available for download on the Apple App Store and the Google Play Store. Features of the app include a phone directory of important numbers on base, a PCS section, and a

  • 377 ABW Receives Outstanding Unit Award

    Maj. Gen. Anthony J. Cotton, commander, Twentieth Air Force, Air Force Global Strike Command, announced today that the 377 Air Base Wing has been awarded the Outstanding Unit Award for 2016. The Outstanding Unit Award is awarded to any unit of the U.S. Air Force which performs exceptionally

  • Froehlichs receive O’Malley Award

    For the past two years, Kirtland has enjoyed having at its helm the top wing commander and spouse duo in the Air Force.Col. Eric Froehlich, former 377th Air Base Wing commander, and his wife, Stephanie, were recently awarded the Air Force 2017 General and Mrs. Jerome O’Malley Award.The O’Malley