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  • Annual tree lighting ceremony set for Dec. 1

    With decorations, cookies and Santa, the annual Kirtland Air Force Base holiday tree lighting will brighten the holiday season next week.The tree lighting is scheduled for 5-7 p.m. Thursday, starting at the big tree behind the Base Chapel, on Fourth Street. Anyone with base access is invited to

  • Kirtland Honor Guard supports dignified arrival

    Kirtland Air Force Base Honor Guard members act as pallbearers for Tech. Sgt. Nicholas Heck on Nov. 18 as his remains arrive at the Albuquerque International Sunport en route to Cannon Air Force Base for the funeral. This dignified arrival, the primary mission of honor guards, was the firstKAFB

  • Copyright material to be deleted from drives

    All music files, movies, games, YouTube content and other copyright material will be deleted from organizational drives and personal user drives on Dec. 9.The 377th Air Base Wing has purchased a new enterprise data storage solution for NIPRNet users at Kirtland. This new data storage repository will

  • AFRL engineer finds a way to stop IEDs

    To inspire current and future Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers, a Kirtland Air Force Base researcher recently told his story of taking his own technology into combat.Jeff Heggemeier of the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate was one of six speakers at the second-annual AFRL

  • 58th SOW unveils Medal of Honor wall

    Two Medal of Honor recipients unveiled the 58th Special Operations Wing’s Medal of Honor memorial wall during a ceremony Tuesday morning in the wing headquarters.The wall features the seven Medal of Honor recipients who served in Air Force search and rescue or special operations, as well as the

  • Couples need boundaries, empathy

    Each person in a marriage should keep his or her own identity but complement the other, a married chaplain and counselor said at a spouse resiliency event Friday.Chaplain Capt. David Dziolek and his wife, Dinah, a mental health counselor, spoke about boundaries at the event, which targeted military

  • AFSA collecting toys for hospitalized kids

    The local Air Force Sergeants Association chapter is collecting holiday gifts for patients at the University of New Mexico Children’s Hospital.The toy drive runs through Nov. 30. AFSA needs gifts for kids from infants to age 18.“We want to give back to the community,” said toy drive organizer Staff

  • Nuclear enterprise workers enter Order of the Nucleus

    Six people received recognition for their work in maintaining a strong nuclear deterrent for the United States and its allies, entering the prestigious Order of the Nucleus on Friday.In 2011, Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, then-commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), initiated the

  • Use-or-lose leave guidelines for civil service employees

    As we approach the end of the year, federal civil service employees should examine their accrued annual leave, and make plans to use it if they are approaching the maximum. Employees may carry over to the new leave year a maximum of 240 hours of annual leave. Under certain circumstances, some

  • AFRL NM researchers receive top honors

    Two Kirtland Air Force Base researchers had a place among those honored when Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry recently announced the 2016 AFRL Fellows and the newest class of AFRL Science and Engineering Early Career award recipients.AFRL-wide, six researchers were