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  • Local fire tanker heads 'Down Under'

    An air fire tanker company based at the Kirtland/Sunport airfield has deployed one of its planes to Australia to fight fires.10 Tanker Air Carrier's "910" jumbo DC-10 began service from a Royal Australian Air Force base in Richmond, New South Wales, Oct. 1, according to the company's president, Rick

  • Tap into your empathy, says suicide prevention program manager

    On the heels of September's suicide prevention awareness month, mental health professionals at Kirtland are working hard to ensure base members continue to be vigilant in looking out for the well-being of their coworkers.Capt. Joye Henrie, installation suicide prevention program manager, said

  • Kirtland Spouses' Club gears up for annual food drive

    The Kirtland Spouses' Club is preparing for a November food drive to benefit the food pantry at the base's Airman and Family Readiness Center.The food drive will run Nov. 1-24. Dinah Dziolek, member-at-large for the KSC and wife of 58th Special Operations Wing Chaplain Capt. David Dziolek, said the

  • Base hosts tour of Bulk Fuels Facility

    Members of the base community toured Kirtland's Bulk Fuels Facility Oct. 24 to learn more about a 1999 fuel spill and the base's cleanup efforts.Participants were able to view the facility and the temporary and full-scale treatment systems, and receive information from Air Force scientists and

  • Base engineers thank church at food pantry

    Kirtland engineers have been putting their backs into a local church's food bank in return for the church allowing fuel plume remediation work in its parking lot."They've been delightful to work with and just kind and courteous," said Christ United Methodist Church food distribution coordinator Ann

  • Construction continues on Nuclear Weapons Center facility

    Construction is underway on the second phase of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center expansion at Kirtland.The first phase, completed in June, consisted of a $23.5 million, 57,000 square-foot facility connected to the existing Nuclear Weapons Center via a secure enclosed walkway. The second phase, a

  • Vietnam POW shares lessons learned

    Stay positive, confront your doubts and fears, and use your challenges and suffering as opportunities for growth were just a few messages shared by former Vietnam prisoner of war Lee Ellis during multiple presentations to base members Oct. 19 and 20.Ellis, a retired Air Force colonel, is a highly

  • Operational security exercise to impact Kirtland operations

    Kirtland is gearing up for an operational security exercise, the first base-wide exercise under Air Force Global Strike Command. The exercise takes place Nov. 2 to Nov. 6 and will impact base operations and cause disruptions throughout the week.Kirtland will test base security procedures through