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  • Hard work helps equipment laboratory improve processes

    Kirtland’s Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory, or PMEL, has made great strides over the past five years, going from a troubled lab to one that is seeing continued success.According to Bob Eslinger, Test, Measurement, and Diagnostic Equipment flight chief, the Air Force was considering

  • 20th Air Force commander visits Kirtland

    Maj. Gen. Anthony Cotton, 20th Air Force and Task Force 214 commander, center, takes a photo at Kirtland with, from left to right, Lt. Col. Christopher Picinni, Airborne National Command Post mission commander; Capt. Nate Larson, 90th Operations Support Squadron; Capt. Kerry Dubuisson, 91st

  • Kirtland issues new gun policy

    The policy for transportation of firearms and concealed carry has changed for personnel on Kirtland Air Force Base.In March, 377th Air Base Wing Commander Col. Eric Froehlich approved changes to the plan on the transportation of personal firearms on base.“We want to make people aware of the changes

  • UNM football coach discusses life, leadership at Kirtland

    Each day is made of a series of events, and each event will result in an outcome. How you influence that outcome depends on your response to the event.This equation – event plus response equals outcome – was one of the messages of Bob Davies, head football coach of the University of New Mexico,

  • Museum of U.S. military families gets new location

    The Museum of the American Military Family has a new home in Tijeras along Route 66.“We are now located in an actual house,” said Circe Olson Woessner, executive director.She added that due to the new location, the museum is able to display the furnishings of military families, as they would have

  • AFRL scholars meet industry giants at career forum

    Students in the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Scholars Program recently met with several of the biggest employers in the science, technology, engineering and math industries at its annual Career Forum. The forum brings together program students with employees from 14 well-known companies such as

  • Kirtland Spouses' Club has new home

    The Kirtland Spouses’ Club has a home in the old enlisted club building at Kirtland Air Force Base.“For years we had no home – and now we’re finally home,” said KSC President Frank Capuano.The group moved into its new clubhouse on the corner of Frost and Texas streets in April.As many of Kirtland’s

  • Simulator helps defenders train

    The only Air Force unit on active duty to have a MILO Range Theater 300 system is right here at Kirtland Air Force Base.Multiple interactive learning objectives system is a computer-based simulation-training tool for muscle memory and escalation of force for security forces personnel. Combined with

  • 58th SOW welcomes new commander

    The 58th Special Operations Wing welcomed a new commander at a change of command ceremony June 27 at Kirtland Air Force Base.Col. Brenda Cartier took the helm of the wing. Cartier comes to Kirtland from Hurlburt Field, Florida, where she was vice commander of the Air Force Special Operations Air