Kirtland joins 'National Drug Take-Back' initiative April 29-30

Team Kirtland members who have unused or expired medications will have an opportunity to get rid of them safely this month.The semiannual Drug Enforcement Agency National Prescription Drug Take-Back Day is scheduled for April 29 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and April 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Drop off

AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate introduces new director

Dr. Kelly Hammett was welcomed as the new director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at a ceremony at the AFRL Conference Center April 25. He was also promoted to the Senior Executive Service at the ceremony."It's with a sense of humility and honor that I'm here,"

AFRL program helps 1,000 students simulate life on Mars

More than 1,000 fifth graders from more than 40 New Mexico schools will take part in one of the state's premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics events this week--the Air Force Research Laboratory's Mission to Mars. The event will take place April 22 at the Albuquerque Convention

Youth Center kids learn gardening skills

Cries of "Eww!" and "Cool!" ring across the playground at every worm unearthed during the Kirtland Air Force Base Youth Center's annual planting of the garden.Youth center drama teacher Jean Sucher is responsible for the garden club. Every year, she teaches kids how to grow fruits, vegetables and

Lighting upgrades to save base money

The 58th Special Operations Wing maintenance hangars and the west side of Kirtland Air Force Base are getting upgrades that will improve quality of lighting and save hundreds of thousands of dollars a year.The Department of Defense Energy Conservation Investment Program has earmarked $1.3 million to

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