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  • Youth Center kids make special visit

    There was no argument about the bold colors of the plastic dresses the children from Kirtland's Youth Center trotted out their March 4 fashion show at Encino Gardens, an independent living apartment complex near Kirtland.The Youth Center's Camile Ozores, who served as master of ceremonies for the

  • Local flight school sponsors women’s aviation event

    A local flight school spent several days and a lot of flight time introducing young women to flying as part of Women of Aviation Worldwide Week, March 2 through 8.Del Sol Aviation -- across the airfield from the Kirtland and Air National Guard hangars -- invited girls, their mothers, grandmothers

  • 58th SOW recognizes annual award winners

    The 58th Special Operations Wing recognized its 2014 annual award winners at a ceremony Feb. 21.Congratulations to this year's award recipients:Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Patricia Johnson, 58th Operations Support Squadron NCO of the Year: Tech Sgt. Christopher Grimes (58 TRS)SNCO of the Year:

  • Spouses' Club awarding college scholarships

    The Kirtland Spouses' Club is awarding college scholarships to dependents of eligible members of the armed forces.This includes those currently stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base or those whose sponsor moved to another duty station during the 2014-2015 school year, but the dependent remained.All

  • SecAF outlines top priorities in visit to Kirtland

    In a visit to Kirtland March 9-11, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Airmen, learned more about the installation's missions and shared her top three priorities.James, who has been in her position for 15 months, said visiting bases and meeting with Airmen directly is one of the

  • 58th and 150th SOWs visit Lackland, go back to basic

    As their bus rolled through the "Gateway to the Air Force" at San Antonio-Lackland on Friday, Tech Sgt. April Martinez and Staff Sgt. Kevin Miller of the 58th Special Operations Wing got their first look at Air Force Basic Military Training since they were basic trainees 17 and 13 years ago,

  • Read to Me book drive ongoing at Kirtland

    The second annual Read to Me Book Drive is in full swing on Kirtland and competition between units to collect book donations is heating up.The drive, which collects donated children's books in the infant through middle-school range, runs through March 31, according to project officer Valerie

  • Kirtland Warrior: Staff Sgt. Destinee Bivins

    Name: Staff Sgt. Destinee BivinsUnit: 377th Maintenance SquadronDuty Title: NCOIC of Airfield Management TrainingHometown: Gates, N.C.Goals: Complete bachelor's degree in health and wellness at Ashford University by the end of the year. Once completed, cross train into the medical career field or