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  • MAX POWER leaving Kirtland after AFRL transfers program to Army

    MAX POWER, the hulking enemy on wheels of improvised explosive devices, is leaving Kirtland and AFRL New Mexico May 16. The program and its prototype will now be taken forward by the Army. The program will transfer to the US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, or ARDEC,

  • Kirtland Security Forces Police Week Memorial Retreat Ceremony

    The 377th Security Forces Group will finish a seriesof events for National Police Week (May 14-20, 2017) with a Memorial RetreatCeremony here May 18 at 4 p.m. In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed May 15 as "National PeaceOfficers Memorial Day," and the calendar week in which May 15 falls

  • AFRL Commanders Challenge seeks participants

    “Got innovation?” That’s a question that AFRL New Mexico’s John Holbrook is asking of Team Kirtland in advance of this year’s AFRL Commanders Challenge.Holbrooks is looking for a team of junior members (officers, enlisted members, and civilians with under 10 years of service) with a passion for

  • New Guidestar at MSSC at Haleakala

    A new Sodium Guidestar became operational today, sending an orange beam of light into the sky over the Maui Space Surveillance Complex near the summit at Haleakala. The MSSC, operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory, has begun operating the new Guidestar as part of a recently-completed

  • 377th Medical Group honors nurses, technicians

    The 377th Medical Group hosted a proclamation ceremony at the clinic May 8, kicking off National Nurses & Technicians Week. The proclamation was signed by Col. Jeffery White, 377th MDG commander. The group then honored nurses and technicians with a small gathering that included cake. A poster board

  • Former Vietnam POW speaks to Team Kirtland about courage, commitment

    Character, courage, and commitment were three key teaching points of the presentations given to base members by former Vietnam prisoner of war Lee Ellis May 2 and 3.Ellis, a retired Air Force colonel, was on a bombing mission during the Vietnam War when his aircraft was severely damaged.  He was

  • Kirtland to host Alpha Warrior competition

    The Air Force is putting more emphasis on functional fitness, and Team Kirtland members will have an opportunity to see it in action when Alpha Warrior makes a stop at the base May 9-10.The Air Force Services Activity has teamed with obstacle race specialists Alpha Warrior, using equipment similar

  • Warriors for Warriors rallies troops, community against Ovarian Cancer

    Weapons and weapon systems were on display at the Warriors for Warriors event to rally troops and the community against Ovarian Cancer Saturday at Hangar 1000. Airmen showed guests from the local community the types of weapons Special Operations aircrews might face in hostile territory, including a