Indoor pool to reopen in March

Those who have been waiting for the pool to reopen won't have to wait much longer. Kirtland's indoor pool, which has been closed since November, is scheduled to reopen March 17. "We're excited to reopen, the pool is looking good and we're starting our classes back up," said Kate Davis, pool

Sergeant heads eyeglasses recycling drive

Staff Sgt. Jarrett Sainz is leading an eyeglasses recycling drive, which is going on now through next week. All the eyeglasses collected will go to a local Lions Club, who provides no-cost prescription glasses to people in Third World countries. Master Sgt. A. Todd Sauls, 377th Wing Staff Agencies

AFRL celebrates additional space research building

A new Air Force Research Laboratory building dedicated to space sensor research and development and space radiation effects was featured at a Kirtland ribbon cutting event Feb. 20 . As part of a lab revitalization project at the laboratory, the Infrared Radiation Effects Laboratory began

Safety Center civilian selected for prestigious leadership program

Mark Nunn, Air Force Risk Management Program manager and chief of the Air Force Safety Automated System Requirements Group at the Air Force Safety Center, was recently selected for the prestigious Air Force Civilian Strategic Leader Program and to attend Air War College in residence in July.Nunn is

NASA astronaut has AFRL Kirtland connection

Col. Michael Hopkins recently skyrocketed into fame when he performed a series of spacewalks as a crew member on the International Space Station.In 1993, Hopkins was a second lieutenant reporting to his first duty station at the Phillips Laboratory, a predecessor to today's Air Force Research

AFRL scientist recognized for his work

Dr. Matthew Squires, a scientist in the cold atom lab at the Air Force Research Laboratory, and his coworkers are daring to go where no one else in the Department of Defense has gone before.Recently, Squires, Spence Olson and Bryan Kasch have created a Bose-Einstein condensate. "I believe that we're

Sharp Troop Award: Staff Sgt. Bennett Orwix

The Great American Spit Out: Pitch the dip

Those wishing to kick the tobacco habit can look to the Great American Spit Out, an annual campaign held each February as a means to raise awareness of the dangers associated with smokeless tobacco. Commitment to quitting is the first step in overcoming the use of tobacco products, so step up to the

Kirtland hosts exercise in virtual battlespace

Virtual Flag 14-2 begins Feb. 21, and participants will take part in the seven-day large force composite exercise in a virtual battlespace that merges tactical- and operational-level training.Maj. Joseph Michaelson, exercise director, said the exercise helps prepare warfighters for combat situations

AFRL research leads to bigger telescopes

Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, wrote British author Arthur C. Clarke.That quote could easily describe adaptive optics, technology that was pushed forward at Kirtland's Air Force Research Laboratory. And it's a technology that universities, private astronomers