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  • MVC is home to pair of special landscape paintings

    Kirtland's Mountain View Club is home to two pieces of serious art.The club has two landscape paintings by Wilson Hurley, an icon of American landscape painting who died in 2008.The paintings date back to the 1960s, according to Stuart Purviance, executive director of the Kirtland Partnership

  • Former Team Kirtland member Hardin receives Portraits in Courage Acclaim

    Tech. Sgt. Austin Hardin, the Air Force Materiel Command drive team NCO in charge deployed to Camp Phoenix, Afghanistan, was recognized for his actions in the wake of a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device strike Oct. 18, 2013. For the whole story, visit Portraits in Courage at

  • Monster Garage wins award, saves money

    With a little ingenuity and a lot of elbow grease, the 58th Training Squadron's Trainer Development Flight, the "Monster Garage," is saving the Air Force millions of dollars.The fabricators were given an Air Force Productivity Excellence award for 2014 at the Air Education and Training Command level

  • Military, Police dogs train together

    The Albuquerque Police Department and 377th Security Forces K-9 handlers are working together to improve training for both groups.APD and Kirtland law enforcement trained their dogs together on Jan. 21 at an old library, currently not in use, near the intersection of Gibson and Wyoming boulevards.

  • Team Kirtland member recognized via Portraits in Courage

    One of Kirtland's own received recognition on a world-wide level Feb. 4 in Arlington, Va., as the Air Force lauded Airmen featured under the 2014 Portraits in Courage program.Tech Sgt. Daniel Wilson, a military working dog handler and the kennel master with the 377th Security Forces Group, was

  • Binding material to save Osprey engines

    Kirtland's 58th Special Operations Wing has a plan to mitigate aircraft engine damage that happens during training missions using a biodegradable binding material at practice landing zones.TerraLOC -- described to officials at the 58th SOW as "Gorilla Glue on steroids" by its manufacturer -- binds

  • AFNWC 4th Quarter Award winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center fourth quarter awards.These winners were recognized at an awards ceremony Jan. 22 at the Mountain View Club:Airman of the Quarter - Airman 1st Class Martha Dirton, 377 Medical GroupNCO of the Quarter - Staff Sgt Dominic Kosgei,

  • Team Kirtland 4th Quarter Award winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the Team Kirtland fourth quarter awards.These winners were recognized at an awards ceremony Jan. 29 at the Mountain View Club:Dorm of the Quarter - Airman 1st Class Nichole Stienborn, 58th SOW, and Airman 1st Class Julian Salazar, AFNWC Honor Guard of the Quarter -

  • Fitness Center renovation brings new equipment

    Visitors to Kirtland's East Fitness Center may have noticed a few trailers, renovations and other activities.The center is getting updates that will not only maximize use of available space, but should make the center's visitors happy, according to Denis Hansard, chief of the sustainment flight for

  • Order of the Nucleus recipients honored by AFNWC

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded its annual Order of the Nucleus Awards Jan. 27 at a ceremony at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.The well-attended ceremony paid homage to not only the Order of the Nucleus recipients, but the Air Force's nuclear enterprise in general.In