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  • Competition teaches students about cyber security

    In coming weeks, teams of Albuquerque high school students will participate in a national competition designed to help them learn to protect computer system and networks. Their success will depend, in part, on the efficacy of Kirtland and Sandia National Laboratories mentors who have helped teach

  • Giant tailgate party planned for UNM-AFA football game

    Fans of Air Force football should plan on joining a giant tailgate party in advance of the New Mexico - Air Force Academy football game Nov. 8.Capt. Daniel Benfield, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, is planning the party for cadets, former graduates, Kirtland personnel and Air Force

  • AFRL University Nanosatellite Program celebrates satellite launches

    Excitement was in the air recently when two of the Air Force Research Laboratory's  University Nanosatellite Program satellites were successfully launched at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. on a SpaceX Falcon 9 1.1 rocket. Cornell University's CUSat and the University of Colorado Boulder's Drag

  • Unused, expired medications wanted — no questions asked

    Team Kirtland members who have unused or expired medications will have an opportunity to get rid of them safely this month. The semiannual Drug Enforcement Agency National Prescription Take-Back Day is scheduled from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 25 at the 377th Medical Group clinic lobby and Oct. 26 at

  • FDA warns against dietary supplement

    The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers to stop using OxyElite Pro, a dietary supplement, because of suspected links to acute hepatitis. The FDA, along with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Hawaii Department of Health are investigating reports of acute

  • Kirtland kids see Balloon Fiesta participant up close

    Children at the Child Development Center were able to interact with a Nelly-B, a balloon piloted by a crew from Belgium. Peter Van Overwalle and Filip Audenaert are Belgian citizens and balloon pilots licensed and registered with the Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta. They brought their

  • AFMC officials share civilian pay update after shutdown

    Headquarters Air Force Materiel Command Financial Management officials outlined Oct. 8 the pay and entitlement discrepancies civilian employees should anticipate on upcoming paychecks due to the recent government shutdown.The following listing distinguishes civilian categories and what employees

  • EMFP respite child care program now in effect at Kirtland

    The Air Force has partnered with Child Care Aware of America to launch a newly-expanded program to provide respite child care to Air Force families for children with special needs. Through this Air Force-funded program, all eligible Air Force families will receive 12 hours of respite child care per