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  • AFRL's Mars colonization simulation challenges students

    Through programs such as Mission to Mars, the Air Force Research Laboratory is helping students gain new skills and knowledge in a fun learning environment.Mission to Mars is a Mars colonization simulation that was developed in the 80s by the Challenger Center for Space and Science Education.  It’s

  • AFNWC team supports ICBM test launch

    A team of Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center experts supported the recent launch of an unarmed intercontinental ballistic missile to verify its accuracy and reliability, providing valuable data to ensure a continued safe, secure and effective nuclear deterrent.

  • Inert nuclear gravity bomb passes first F-16 flight test

    An Air Force F-16 aircraft released an inert B61 nuclear bomb in a test recently, demonstrating the aircraft's capability to deliver the weapon and testing the functioning of the weapon's non-nuclear components, including the arming and fire control system, radar altimeter, spin rocket motors and

  • Base offers several Easter egg hunts for families

    Springtime brings with it chicks, flowers and the Easter Bunny, whose antics Team Kirtland families can celebrate by hunting eggs. Eggtastic Splash n’ Dive The indoor pool has a unique twist on the traditional egg hunt. Kids can swim and dive for Easter eggs during the Eggtastic Splash and Dive from

  • 'Ragnar' tests endurance of 58th MXS Airmen

    With temperatures nearing 100 degrees and sleep deprivation setting in, 12 Airmen from the 58th Maintenance Squadron powered through a 200-mile relay race known as “Ragnar.”The race goes for more than 24 hours, broken into segments. Each member of the team competes in a segment, and then switches

  • Kirtland Defenders earn accolades from 20th AF

    Five Airmen from Kirtland were recognized by the 20th Air Force as annual security forces award winners:Security Forces Officer of the Year:  Capt. Roberto J. Cornier, 377th Weapons System Security Squadron Security Forces Flight-Level NCO of the Year:  Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Brown, 377th

  • AFSA to host event to bring in members

    Groups from around Kirtland Air Force Base will have a recruitment party starting at 4 p.m. April 14 at Hardin Field.The Air Force Sergeants Association Chapter 1201 will host the event.“We are trying to get more people from Kirtland active around the base and involved in the community,” said AFSA

  • EEO implements new process for resolving disputes

    Workplace disputes can evolve into destructive forces within the work center, and have the potential to adversely affect the ability to accomplish the mission.  To assist civilian personnel who have filed an EEO complaint, the Air Force has implemented a two-year pilot called Compressed, Orderly,

  • Kirtland wrestler qualifies for World Team Trials

    Thanks to an excellent showing at the Armed Forces Wrestling Championship, a Kirtland officer qualified to compete in the World Team Trials.1st Lt. Brandon Mueller, a physicist with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, captured two second place medals representing the Air

  • MDG hosts interactive forum to help improve service

    The 377th Medical Group held the first ever “Coffee with Commanders” event at the Kirtland Base Exchange on March 23. Coffee with Commanders is an interactive forum held to help improve service at the medical group. “We started this forum to hear what is important to our patients in a non-clinical