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  • Police Week activities to offer something for everyone

    Police Week kicks off May 11 and Kirtland is set to celebrate with a full slate of activities.The festivities launch with an event at Marquez Park from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Photo opportunities will abound with vehicle displays, military and civilian K9s, weapon displays and McGruff the Crime Dog. There

  • New Exchange expected to open doors this summer

    With signage announcing its presence and entrances enticing shoppers, it is clear that something new is coming to the Kirtland Exchange shopping experience. "We began the planning effort for what our Kirtland team members are now seeing, about 10 years ago," said Bob Cooper, Kirtland Army Air Force

  • Kirtland to host Holocaust remembrance ceremony

    Kirtland will observe Holocaust Remembrance Day with a ceremony. The Chapel will host the event April 26 at 10 a.m."We're hosting the Holocaust Remembrance to honor those who perished and to also remember the event and to make sure we don't repeat it," 1st Lt. Jason Holzman, Holocaust Remembrance

  • Caring for People Forum generates ideas, solutions

    In an effort to give Airmen and their families the opportunity to voice concerns or provide suggestions on Air Force policy and support services, Kirtland recently hosted a Caring for People Forum. The result was more than 20 recommendations for change being submitted for local level consideration

  • Kirtland AFB motorcycle riders gain new online resource

    Motorcycle riders at Kirtland AFB, and people who would like to ride, now have an online resource that provides a wealth of useful information. The "Kirtland Air Force Base Riders" website, https://sites.google.com/site/kafbriders/home, includes a training course calendar for people who want to sign

  • AFRL opens new space research buildings

    In a dual-ceremony event March 26, two Air Force Research Laboratory buildings dedicated to space sensor research and development and space radiation effects were featured at a ribbon-cutting and a groundbreaking. As part of a lab revitalization project at the laboratory, the Space Sensors

  • Air Force, Veterans Affairs partner to open surgery unit

    After seven years of being closed, Kirtland's medical clinic has reopened its Same-Day Surgery Unit as part of a joint venture with the New Mexico Veterans Affairs Health Care System.In 2006, the surgery unit was closed as surgeons in the clinic were reassigned to larger Air Force medical centers.

  • AFNWC commander pins on second star

    Air Force officials announced April 4 that Brig. Gen. Sandra Finan, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander at Kirtland Air Force Base, has been "frocked" to the rank of major general. Frocking military officers is the practice of pinning on a higher rank after selection for that grade but before