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  • AFRL captain earns German military proficiency badge

    An Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate physicist considers herself lucky to have experienced a recent deployment to Afghanistan, where she earned a German badge for military skills.

  • AFNWC receives Air Force Organizational Excellence award

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center received the Air Force Organizational Excellence Award for the fourth time since the center stood up in 2006. The four awards span seven consecutive years, from 2009 through 2015.Ensuring U.S. nuclear weapons are “never doubted and always feared,” AFNWC

  • MAX POWER leaving Kirtland after AFRL transfers program to Army

    MAX POWER, the hulking enemy on wheels of improvised explosive devices, is leaving Kirtland and AFRL New Mexico May 16. The program and its prototype will now be taken forward by the Army. The program will transfer to the US Army’s Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center, or ARDEC,

  • AFRL Commanders Challenge seeks participants

    “Got innovation?” That’s a question that AFRL New Mexico’s John Holbrook is asking of Team Kirtland in advance of this year’s AFRL Commanders Challenge.Holbrooks is looking for a team of junior members (officers, enlisted members, and civilians with under 10 years of service) with a passion for

  • New Guidestar at MSSC at Haleakala

    A new Sodium Guidestar became operational today, sending an orange beam of light into the sky over the Maui Space Surveillance Complex near the summit at Haleakala. The MSSC, operated by the Air Force Research Laboratory, has begun operating the new Guidestar as part of a recently-completed

  • AFRL's Mars colonization simulation challenges students

    Through programs such as Mission to Mars, the Air Force Research Laboratory is helping students gain new skills and knowledge in a fun learning environment.Mission to Mars is a Mars colonization simulation that was developed in the 80s by the Challenger Center for Space and Science Education.  It’s

  • Kirtland Defenders earn accolades from 20th AF

    Five Airmen from Kirtland were recognized by the 20th Air Force as annual security forces award winners:Security Forces Officer of the Year:  Capt. Roberto J. Cornier, 377th Weapons System Security Squadron Security Forces Flight-Level NCO of the Year:  Staff Sgt. Christopher J. Brown, 377th

  • Kirtland wrestler qualifies for World Team Trials

    Thanks to an excellent showing at the Armed Forces Wrestling Championship, a Kirtland officer qualified to compete in the World Team Trials.1st Lt. Brandon Mueller, a physicist with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, captured two second place medals representing the Air

  • AFRL engineer develops satellite technology

    A little girl’s curiosity has carried her into a career working on satellite technology as an adult.Space systems engineer Millay Petersen has worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory on Kirtland Air Force Base for the past 12 years, supporting both the Space Vehicles and Directed Energy