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  • Kirtland pistol shooter ranks first in Air Force

    One Kirtland Airman's love for shooting and competitive nature has helped him become the No. 1 pistol shooter in the Air Force.Staff Sgt. Terrence Sears, NCO in charge of the Air Force National Pistol Team, took top honors among Air Force shooters at the National Pistol Championships in July,

  • AFRL nanosat program gets projects into space

    A program at Kirtland's Air Force Research Laboratory has engineering students design, build and launch satellites into space, all before they're even out of graduate school.Through the University Nanosat Program, tomorrow's stars of aerospace -- along with their universities and AFRL -- test

  • Paws and Stripes connects vets with service dogs

    A local nonprofit is working to help veterans find a four-legged friend and, with it, peace of mind. Paws and Stripes, based in Rio Rancho, was founded in 2010 by Lindsey and Jim Stanek. Jim, an Army veteran, was sent home with PTSD during his third tour in Iraq. He discovered that he felt much

  • Annual food drive underway at Kirtland

    The U.S. Department of Agriculture has kicked off the sixth annual "Feds Feed Families" food drive campaign. Last year, more than 9 million pounds of food was collected, with the Department of Defense contributing more than 1.9 million pounds. This year's food drive runs through August.To support

  • Two Sandia National Labs teams win R&D Magazine Awards

    Two Kirtland-based Sandia National Laboratories teams were named winners of R&D Magazine's R&D 100 Awards. One team won the award -- referred to within the research and development field as the "Oscars of invention" -- for creating a creditcard- sized device to detect anthrax bacteria. Department of

  • New 58th SOW commander already familiar with Kirtland

    At the change of command ceremony, Col. Dagvin Anderson, the new 58th Special Operations Wing commander, said he is happy to be coming home. Anderson was 58th Operations Group commander at Kirtland for two years, ending his stint in June 2013. "To be back is pretty unusual, and it's pretty

  • Kirtland's BASH team works to keep airplanes safe from birds, wildfire

    Anyone who has flown an aircraft or worked on a flight line can tell you that wildlife and aircraft don't mix. The Air Force Safety Center's Bird/ Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard program at Kirtland works to help alleviate interface between aircraft and animals at installations worldwide and