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  • 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

  • AFOSI uses new system to anonymously fight crime

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations has purchased a system that allows individuals to report tips anonymously through text, website or a smartphone application."This is not a replacement for '911' or other local emergency reporting avenues but rather a venue that allows people who may

  • Tips for preventing child abuse, neglect

    More than 1.5 million children are abused or neglected in the United States each year. Each abused or neglected child costs the taxpayers more than $67,000 per year.Americans spend more than $80 billion annually on the direct and indirect costs of child abuse and neglect.Child abuse and neglect are

  • Students launch model rockets with AFRL, CAP

    For many middle school students, the idea of being able to work with scientists and launch a rocket is thrilling ... and often unattainable. With help from the Air Force Research Laboratory and the Civil Air Patrol, two Albuquerque middle schools are at rocket-launch phase within the Starbase 2.0

  • This week in history – April 2, 1976: Last C-118A flight

    On April 2, 1976, an Air Force crew flew the last Douglas C-118A Liftmaster to Davis-Monthan AFB, Ariz. for storage. The Air Force C-118 Liftmaster was the military version of the Douglas DC-6 commercial passenger aircraft. Begun on an Army contract in 1944, World War II ended before the prototype

  • Fire season brings 'Red Flag' warnings

    The U.S. National Weather Service issues "Red Flag Warnings" and/or "Fire Weather Warnings" when weather conditions reach high potential for extreme wildfire, which can lead to uncontrolled forest fires. These conditions exist when the relative humidity is very low, winds are high, and dry lightning

  • DoD announces fewer civilian furlough days

    The Defense Department has revised from 22 to 14 the number of days hundreds of thousands of civilian employees could be furloughed this year because of the budget sequester, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced today.In addition, a senior Defense Department official speaking on background told