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  • Five Team Kirtland Airmen promoted

    Five Team Kirtland Airmen were selected for promotion by the September supplemental promotion board.Those Airmen selected for promotion tested outside their required cycle due to an extended temporary duty or deployment in support of contingency operations.Airmen selected for promotion achieved an

  • 58 SOW NCO receives AETC Sijan award

    Tech. Sgt. Jason N. Davis, 58th Special Operations Wing command chief executive assistant, was recently named the Air Education and Training Command Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award recipient for 2012.According to the nomination, Davis distinguished himself as the command chief executive assistant,

  • Mishap investigator awarded Bronze Star Medal

    Lt. Col. William D. Neitzke, a mishap investigator assigned to the Aviation Safety Division, Air Force Safety Center, received the Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony here Aug. 23.Maj. Gen. Greg Feest, Chief of Air Force Safety and commander of the center, presented the decoration to Neitzke for

  • Base multimedia to reduce services

    Budget constraints have required Kirtland AFB officials to re-evaluate services provided by the base multimedia office.According to Marie Vanover, Team Kirtland Public Affairs director, multimedia services will be reduced effective Sept. 15. Reductions in services will include the following:All

  • 58 SOW commander discusses priorities

    Since taking over the 58th Special Operations Wing in July, its commander has had time to develop his priorities. Col. Vincent Becklund said he wants to make the 58 SOW the best aviation school in the Department of Defense, make every Airman a warrior and remind all Airmen about the importance of

  • Marquez to be memorialized at Kirtland AFB

    At 10 a.m. Sept. 17, Kirtland AFB's Bicentennial Park will be renamed "Marquez Park" in honor of retired Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez, who died Dec. 30, 2011, at age 79.Throughout his 33-year career, Marquez was credited with revolutionizing the maintenance and logistics career fields.Today, an Air Force

  • Rubeor takes seat as Safety Center executive director

    James T. Rubeor assumed responsibilities as Deputy Chief of Air Force safety and executive director of the Air Force Safety Center on Aug. 29.A member of the Senior Executive Service, Rubeor is also a U.S. Air Force Reserve major general, serving as the special assistant to the commander of North

  • This Week in History: Nuclear-powered aircraft program begins

    In 1946, the Air Force and the Atomic Energy Commission began studies for the nuclear-powered aircraft program. On Sept. 5, 1951, Convair was awarded a contract for two B-36 test aircraft and built one. A B-36 that had been damaged in a tornado at Carswell AFB, Texas, on Sept. 1, 1952, was modified