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  • 20th Air Force to host second Women’s Leadership Symposium at Kirtland

    Nuclear Airmen must be fit to fight and continually develop as leaders to conduct the 24/7 operations of providing the nation with a credible nuclear deterrent. It is a 20th Air Force goal to coach, train and mentor nuclear professionals and leaders, while developing a nuclear command environment

  • Flu shots available for active duty

    Injectable forms of the flu vaccine are available at the 377th Medical Group for active-duty military members.Receiving a flu shot is the best protection from the influenza virus during the flu season.Flu causes about 200,000 hospitalizations and an average of 36,000 deaths annually. For more

  • Speaker says purpose, grit make anything possible

    When Kyle Maynard was 10 years old, he was ready to end his life, having despaired of finding a future because he’d been born without arms or legs.When he discovered a strength in football at age 11, things began to change.At his first game, Maynard tackled a huge running back his teammates feared

  • AFRL division chief to present abilities of high-powered microwave weapons

    An Air Force Research Laboratory scientist will present at TEDxABQ on Sept. 17 at the Kiva Auditorium to discuss the use of nonlethal weapons in combat.Mary Lou Robinson, the division chief of High Power Electromagnetics, has been receiving coaching on TEDx-style presentations.“It has been an

  • POW/MIA vigil run to last 24 hours

    A 24-hour vigil run at Kirtland Air Force Base will honor prisoners of war and military members missing in action next week. The POW/MIA vigil run starts at 1 p.m. Sept. 15 after an opening ceremony at 12:30 at Hardin Field. It ends at 1 p.m. Sept. 16 at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial with a

  • SANDS graduates first class, new generation of deterrence experts

    The inaugural class of the School for Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies graduated Sept. 7, 2016, at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The event marking the first successful implementation of the course, a master’s degree program designed to created expert leaders in the nuclear enterprise.

  • EOD, DNWS teach how to identify threats

    Defense Nuclear Weapons School helps teach identification and assessment of threats and response to weapons of mass destruction. Weapons of mass destruction can be chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear agents. The difference between radiological and nuclear agents is, radiological material

  • Ropes course to help build resiliency

    A day of teamwork and adrenaline especially for junior enlisted Airmen is coming next month.Outdoor Recreation is leading a trip to Manzano Mountain Retreat from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Sept. 17. Participation costs $17 per person and includes lunch and transportation to the retreat 58 miles from

  • Fuel leak cleanup making progress, testing underway

    Leaders in the effort to remove an underground plume of leaked jet fuel say they expect to have the last set of monitoring wells and a fourth extraction well installed this fall.Kathryn Lynnes, senior program manager for the cleanup project at Kirtland Air Force Base, and Diane Agnew, project