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  • Kirtland Warrior: Senior Airman Jeffery Elkins

    KIRTLAND WARRIORName: Senior Airman Jeffery L. Elkins Unit: 58th Operations Support SquadronDuty title: Aircrew flight equipment technicianHometown: Elyria, OhioGoals: Finish bachelor's degree in criminal justice Accomplishments: Before coming to Kirtland, Elkins was stationed in Washington DC and

  • Kirtland begins work on spill treatment method

    Kirtland is in the process of testing a new fuel spill cleanup measure as a part its ongoing remediation efforts.This method, known as "air sparging," is a process that introduces air to the groundwater to assist in removal of fuel contaminants.Its installation and location is being done at the

  • Extraction of fuel vapor to expand

    Kirtland is making changes to its soil vapor extraction system to increase the area from which it is drawing fuel vapor.The base will install four additional soil vapor extraction wells, which are specifically designed to remove fuel-laden vapor from the area of the fuel spill on the base.With this

  • AFRL officer bound for Harvard

    1st Lt. Curtis Christensen, who works at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed  Energy Directorate's Satellite Assessment Center, was recently accepted to Harvard Business School to pursue a master of business administration degree starting this fall.The United States Air Force Academy is

  • Congratulations to Kirtland's master sergeant selects

    Congratulations to Kirtland's master sergeant selects:Craig ArbogastAndrew BargerPhilip BartlesShellie BenjaminJonathan BerniusBelia BurnettWarren CampbellJerry ChandlerEric ClarkDavid CokerChristopher CoveyChristopher CrainRyan DeckerJohn DegnaroJames DennyJeremy DiolaSalvador FelixMichael

  • AFNWC officers to compete in international swimming competition

    A Team Kirtland officer and former member of the Air Force Academy swim team will soon dive into competition again, representing both the Air Force and Kirtland in the 2014 Allied Air Component Command Headquarters swimming championships.2nd Lt. Haley Holcombe, a developmental engineer in the Air

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Kirtland

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody recently spent several days at Kirtland touring facilities and meeting with Airmen. "We are here for one primary reason, and that's to say 'thank you,'" he said at one of his all calls. "Thank

  • Kirtland's EO office wins award for ADR program

    The 377th Air Base Wing's Equal Opportunity Office received the 2013 Air Force Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of the Year award for small organizations. "It's a good feeling to be recognized for all our hard work," said Ofelia Mejiaortega, EO specialist who manages the ADR program at

  • Kirtland helps prevent spread of bats' white-nose syndrome

    The Kirtland Natural Resource office is taking steps to protect bats against whitenose syndrome.White-nose syndrome is named after a fungal growth that occurs on the bats' snouts. The fungus was first found in 2006 in a cave in New York and has spread as far south as Alabama and as far west as