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  • AFOTEC puts Air Force systems through 'crucible'

    When the Air Force is preparing a new system to go into full rate production, it turns to the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center to rigorously test the system to ensure all the kinks have been ironed out.It's a process AFOTEC Commander Maj. Gen. Matthew Molloy calls "the crucible.""We

  • KADD ride numbers drop; organizers salute volunteers

    The number of rides provided by Kirtland Against Drunk Driving decreased last year, and organizers say it's a good thing.KADD volunteers gave 396 free rides to base community members who'd had too much to drink in 2015, compared to 420 rides in 2014 and 1,828 in 2009."Its focus is not to be

  • Maltz Challenge to honor fallen heroes

    The Drug Enforcement Agency's 10th Annual Maltz Challenge will be held at the USAF Pararescue and Combat Rescue Gym Mar. 11 from 7 to 11:30 a.m.The fitness challenge commemorates fallen hero Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, an Air Force pararescuer who was killed during a rescue mission in Afghanistan

  • AF Shooting Team member aims high with USAFA cadets

    A Kirtland officer will return to the Air Force Academy campus Saturday to help train members of the USAFA Combat Shooting Team.1st Lt. Dalton Bridgers, who is in pilot training here, is a member of the Air Force Action Shooting Team.  He graduated from the Academy and continues to work with

  • Commentary: Get fit quicker with high-intensity interval training

    Easily the most common reason people give for why they don't exercise is, "I don't have time."Fortunately, there is a form of exercise that is effective, safe to perform, fun and time-efficient.It's high-intensity interval training, otherwise known as HIIT. Broadly defined, HIIT consists of

  • Don't take life for granted, urges mental health advocate

    Kevin Hines told members of Team Kirtland that everyone deserves to see hope, and life is a gift we should not take for granted, during multiple presentations Feb. 22-23 at the Base Theater.Hines, a mental health advocate and motivational speaker, shared his story of struggling with mental health

  • Kirtland officer wins Air Force-level achievement award

    An officer in the 898th Munitions Squadron was recognized by the Air Force Safety Center with the Air Force Nuclear Surety Outstanding Achievement Award.Capt. Anne Willey, Special Weapons Flight commander, received the award for her contributions towards the base's top priority of conducting safe,

  • New dietician teaches nutrition to groups, individuals

    The new Kirtland Air Force Base dietician can help base community members tailor their diets to prevent catastrophic problems in the field and poor health later in life.Kirsten David started working from the 377th Medical Group building about a month ago. She can provide one-on-one medical nutrition

  • Chaplain's wife named spouse of the year

    Kirtland's Dinah Dziolek is the base's Spouse of the Year through the Military Spouse of the Year program for 2016. Dziolek is one of 104 base spouses of the year across the armed forces. Military Spouse Magazine operates the program.The wife of Chaplain Capt. David Dziolek, Dinah said she was

  • 377th Air Base Wing recognizes annual award winners

    The 377th Air Base Wing's annual award winners were announced at a ceremony Feb. 5 at the Mountain View Club.Congratulations to the winners:Airmen of the Year - Senior Airman Cody Poe, 377th Mission Support GroupNCO of the Year - Master Sgt. Seth Jones, 377th Medical GroupSenior NCO of the Year