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  • New motor vehicle policy introduces driver suspensions

    Team Kirtland members might soon find their driving privileges temporarily suspended if they fail to obey traffic laws or they are found to be at fault in vehicle accidents.  This is the major change of an updated motor vehicle policy that will soon be implemented at the base.Col. Eric Froehlich,

  • New refueling tanker to help MXS improve mission support

    The 58th Maintenance Squadron recently acquired a new tool to help improve the Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight’s aircraft support mission, saving the government both time and money.That new equipment is the HandiFueler Ground Support Service Cart, a portable refueling tanker equipped to handle

  • Annual event to spread cheer to community

    Operation Holiday Cheer is lifting spirits and filling bellies for the 38th year next week.The Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department’s annual community holiday party is set for 11 a.m. to about 5 p.m. Wednesday at Fire Station 2, on the west side of the base. Attendees get a turkey dinner and a

  • Military families ride the BNSF Holiday Express

    All aboard the Holiday Express!Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company, a nationwide freight transportation company, has been running its Holiday Express for the past eight years to give members of the military and their families the experience of riding a train. Dec. 2 marked the second

  • Inspiring the force: New 20th AF vision and mission statements

    Inspiration can come in many forms and sometimes, the simplest of words can spark great action or change. Twentieth Air Force introduced the command’s new vision and mission statements to commanders on Dec. 5, to share with their Airmen and to introduce an updated focus for the more than 11,000

  • KSC seeks volunteers, cookies for annual drive

    The Kirtland Spouses’ Club is sweetening the holidays once more with its annual Team Kirtland Airman Cookie Drive.Each year in December, club members collect cookies for single Airmen living in the base dorms, with about 600 of them to serve this year, said KSC Vice President of Communications Amber

  • Former Heisman Trophy winner to speak at base

    One of the greatest former college football players of all-time will be at Kirtland Dec. 13 to share a message of resiliency, spiritual well-being and the importance of asking for help when experiencing a mental illness.Herschel Walker won the Heisman Trophy in 1982 while a running back at the

  • Defender honors slain KAFB Airman with children’s book

    A new children’s book memorializes a Kirtland defender killed in action and raises money for scholarships for Security Forces members and their families.“Griff’s Gift” portrays Staff Sgt. Travis Griffin as a mythical griffin who helps the animals at a run-down pet shop become their best and find

  • AFNWC worker awaits release of novels

    An author who works at the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center is releasing his second book next month, with a third following in March.“Writing started as a challenge to put a story together, but now it’s an obsession,” said Charles Martinez.He was previously enlisted in the Navy for six years as an

  • Nuke inspectors attend new standardized course at Kirtland

    Nuclear weapons technical inspectors receive standardized instruction and learn hands-on skills through a fairly new and unique course at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School.The Nuclear Weapons Technical Inspections Course, taught on Kirtland Air Force Base since May 2015, instills a methodology that