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  • Kirtland Fitness Center issues running challenge

    A new program at the base fitness center challenges Team Kirtland run roughly the highway distance between Albuquerque and San Diego, 750 miles, in a year.That is the target distance for "Run New Mexico," from July 1 to June 30, 2016.Jonathan Varela, a recreation assistant at the center, said Run

  • Medical Group gets new leader at change of command ceremony

    The 377th Medical Group change of command ceremony was held Thursday morning and set against a backdrop of the Sandia Mountains and blue skies outside the Mountain View Club.Col. Eric Froehlich, commander of the 377th Air Base Wing, said he had only recently met incoming commander, Col. Jeffrey

  • AFRL hosts open house for community leaders

    The Air Force Research Laboratory opened up its doors to local dignitaries and community leaders during an open house event.AFRL hosted the open house to better acquaint the community with its mission and the science and technology projects the unit's scientists and engineers are working

  • Release milestone accomplished in Nevada desert as B61 upgrade progresses

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, in conjunction with the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center and the Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration, conducted an inert developmental flight test of the upgraded B61 or B61-12 nuclear bomb July 1 from Nellis AFB, Nev.An

  • Kirtland Warrior: Tech. Sgt. Charles Davis

     Name: Tech. Sgt. Charles DavisUnit: Air Force Nuclear Weapons CenterDuty Title: NCOIC, Nuclear MissionsHometown: Hickman, KentuckyGoals: To complete his bachelor's degree in construction management at National University by the end of 2016. He hopes to make master sergeant this testing cycle and

  • Youth Center teaches dance at weeklong camp

    The children who were in a weeklong dance camp at Kirtland's Youth Center were sweating, and it was still 40 minutes until their performance Friday.That performance for family and others capped off five days of frantic activity for the 10 performers in a dance camp that has become a staple of the

  • Kirtland sergeant lends helping hand to Kenyan orphans

    Six years ago, Staff Sgt. Dominic Kosgei left his poverty-stricken community in Kenya, Africa, to seek a better life in the United States.To give back to the country that gave him hope and opportunity, he joined the Air Force. Kirtland is the first duty station for Kosgei, who is NCO in charge of

  • AFNWC holds ribbon cutting, breaks ground on new building

    Two phases of expansion for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center's headquarters at Kirtland were inaugurated Monday with a ribbon cutting and a ceremonial groundbreaking.The ribbon cutting was for the recently completed "phase one" of the expansion, a $29 million, 56,000-square-foot workspace that

  • Outdoor Recreation offers swimming lessons for kids

    Kirtland's Outdoor Recreation program still has opportunities for kids to cool off and learn to swim this summer at the outdoor pool.According to Leanne Hancock, who has worked as an instructor for eight years, swimming skills don't just make water activities more fun; they could just save your

  • Sandia Labs documentary gives detailed history of nuclear weapons

    Sandia National Laboratories has been at the heart of America's nuclear weapons development nearly from its inception. Drawing on that history, the lab has produced a new documentary to tell some of those stories."Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control and Reliability" was recently released on