Airmen go inside sexual assault case as actors in mock trial

The sexual assault mock trial, conducting a final performance Friday at 1 p.m. at the Phillips Conference Center, is designed to make the topic of sexual assault real for the audience. People attending are even asked to play jurors and vote on a conviction or acquittal after the trial. But whether

High school students learn to pilot aircraft

More and more students are learning to pilot a small plane alone on cross-country flights at Southwest Aeronautics, Mathematics and Science Academy. SAMS Director of Aviation Daren Gallacher revamped the flight program for SAMS last year to make it inclusive of all aspects¬ of aviation.Gallacher

CDC's Diaper Derby pits babies in a hallway race

58th SOW shares mission with UPT students

Aircrew members at the 58th Special Operations Wing tend to fly under the radar, literally and figuratively.The special operations and combat rescue Airmen regarded by some as "quiet professionals" don't garner the kind of acclaim that some of the Air Force's more glamorous weapons systems do,

Helicopter squadron flies Tuskegee cadets

Two helicopters from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama, flew to Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, April 6, to give orientation flights on TH-UH1 Hueys to 38 cadets and three cadre assigned to Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 015, located at the

DTRA Reservists teach course on nuclear incident response

Reservists based at Kirtland are teaching first responders all over the country how to respond to nuclear terrorist attacks.The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Reserve component at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School involves 32 of the 240 people who work for the agency, said Inspections and

AFNWC commander announces offical motto at anniversary celebration

Maj. Gen. Scott W. Jansson, commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, announced the organization's new motto at a reception in the Mountain View Club April 7.Jansson announced that "Never Doubted Always Feared" is the official motto of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. He said the motto

377th Medical Group partners with Women to Be

The efforts of a group of Kirtland Airmen and their families will help empower Nepalese girls by giving them hygiene items to allow them to stay in school.Christine Glidden, who has participated in the Kirtland Air Force Base Honorary Commanders Program for six years, asked 377th Medical Group

Problem-solving challenge benefits participants, warfighters

"Got innovation?" That's a question AFRL New Mexico's John Holbrook is asking Team Kirtland in the lead up to this year's AFRL Commanders Challenge. Holbrook is looking for a team of junior members -- military and civilians with less than 10 years of service -- with a passion for innovation. The

Drug Demand Reduction program helps deter drug use

Thirty-two active duty members entering Kirtland between midnight and 3 a.m. April 2 were subjected to a random urinalysis.First Sergeants and volunteers from across Team Kirtland directed vehicles at the Gibson Gate to follow road blocks leading to the base swimming pool, where every third vehicle