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  • White Sands to open Trinity Site to public

    White Sands Missile Range will open Trinity Site to the public for another open house April 2. Trinity Site is where the world's first atomic bomb was tested at 5:29:45 a.m. Mountain War Time July 16, 1945.The open house is free and no reservations are required. At the site visitors can take a

  • Kirtland civilian named AFGSC firefighter of the year

    A firefighter assigned to the 377th Civil Engineering Squadron's fire emergency services was named Air Force Global Strike Command's civilian firefighter of the year.Phillip Macias won the award for his outstanding performance as a fire inspector, and for his efforts in creating a map

  • Maltz Challenge honors fallen heroes

    Kirtland's Air Force Pararescue School combined with local law enforcement agencies to host the 10th annual DEA Maltz Challenge here March 11. While each Maltz Challenge has been a fitness competition held in honor of a fallen hero with a local tie, this year's event counted two fallen police

  • Airman's sister needs house; 377th MDG assists

    Since a devastating earthquake in Nepal last April, a Kirtland Airman has been trying to provide for his sister and her children, who lost all they had in the disaster.When his salary wasn't enough to pay for the safe shelter they needed, Senior Airman Gopal Pudasaini's co-workers at the 377th

  • MVC bar and grill gets renovations, new name

    While the newly renovated bar and grill at the Mountain View Club has been open for a few months, it finally received its new name at a First Friday event March 4.The establishment, which closed in June 2015 for about six months for renovations, has been named Relativity Bar and Grille. The name

  • AFRL officer excels as leader, researcher

    1st Lt. Katherine "Katie" Carroll is an Air Force Research Laboratory rising star. The AFRL Space Vehicles Directorate recently nominated her for an AFRL 2016 Early Career award."The award is highly competitive with typically only four awards each year from across the nine AFRL directorates," said

  • Kirtland Pharmacy sets benchmark for e-prescribing

    The 377th Medical Group Pharmacy was recently recognized by Air Force Global Strike Command as the benchmark for the Department of Defense's electronic prescribing initiative.The Kirtland pharmacy held the number one spot out of 574 DoD pharmacies for prescriber usage of the system in October 2015

  • Additional security upgrades will help make base even safer

    The Kirtland Air Force Base commander assured residents during a town hall meeting Friday that the installation is safe, despite three recent trespassing incidents, and modifications will make it safer."Your safety is incredibly important to us," Col. Eric Froehlich, 377th Air Base Wing commander,