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  • Three Kirtland AFB officers selected for promotion to colonel

    The following Team Kirtland officers have been selected for promotion to colonel: Lt. Col. Steven Breeze, 71st Special Operations Squadron Lt. Col. John Galik, 512th Rescue Squadron Lt. Col. Kelvin Townsend, Los Alamos National Laboratory

  • This week in history – March 12, 1965: Last Atlas D ICBM test-fired

    In September 1951, the Air Force awarded Convair a contract to begin design of a ballistic missile, which led to development of the Atlas ICBM. The first Atlas test flight took place June 11, 1957. The Atlas D was the first operational missile and the first Atlas D squadron achieved initial

  • AFRL scientist is a leader in space and STEM outreach

    Dr. Stacie Williams is a leading scientist and science, technology, engineering and math educator at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate's telescope observatory site on Maui, Hawaii. She is a soft-spoken dynamo who skillfully juggles a myriad of professional

  • 15 Kirtland AFB SNCOs selected for senior master sergeant

    Fifteen Team Kirtland senior NCOs have been selected for promotion to senior master sergeant. Officials selected 1,367 of 12,834 eligible master sergeants, for a 10.65 percent selection rate.The promotees are:Jason L. Benford, 58th Maintenance SquadronJoseph R. Collins, Space Development and Test

  • Kirtland AFB Air Force Assistance Fund runs through April 12

    Capt. Abbe Warren, 512th Rescue Squadron, and Master Sgt. John Hennard, 377th Security Forces Squadron, are in charge of the Kirtland AFB 2013 Air Force Assistance Fund Campaign, which began March 4 and runs through April 12. "The AFAF campaign is an annual, on-the-job fundraising appeal conducted

  • New AFNWC commander gives perspective

    Brig. Gen. Sandra Finan assumed command Feb. 7 of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center. She recently provided her perspective in a series of questions and answers with the Nucleus. Q: What are your goals and priorities for the AFNWC while serving as the commander? A: My focus for the AFNWC is the

  • Collecting data on rattlesnakes

    In November 2012, a group of biologists working under a Defense Department contract mapped and investigated cave and mine features on Kirtland AFB to better understand the local bat population. At one point during the survey, biologists ventured 170 feet into a mine shaft to discover not bats, but a

  • AFMC launches surplus supply site

    Air Force Materiel Command has launched a "Unit-Purchased Supplies Efficiency" site to help the command manage surplus supplies and equipment.All AFMC employees have access to the site -- an Enterprise Information Management / SharePoint site -- and they can post a listing of any excess supplies

  • Air Force cuts aviation support at public events

    As the U.S. Air Force braces for potential sequester, leadership has cancelled all aviation support to public events for at least the remainder of the fiscal year and is standing down the Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team to save flying hours to support readiness needs. Effective March 1,