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  • Kirtland pharmacy tech wins AFMS annual award

    Congratulations to Tech. Sgt. Raechael Evans, 377th Medical Support Squadron, seen here working at the Base Exchange Pharmacy at its ribbon cutting in 2015. Evans won the 2016 Air Force Medical Service Pharmacy Technician NCO of the Year Award.

  • AFNWC honors annual award winners

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center announced its annual award winners at a ceremony Feb. 2 at the Kirtland Air Force Base Mountain View Club.The Kirtland winners are:Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year — Staff Sgt. Joshua McMillan; Nuclear Technology and Interagency Directorate at

  • Kirtland team zaps drones at Commander's Challenge

    Drones have long been a safety concern for the U.S. military, with great reason, as Islamic State militants are confirming.According to several news sources from the Washington Post and the New York Times, the Islamic State has been using consumer-model drones to drop explosives on Iraqi forces.How

  • AF competition singer has close ties to Kirtland

    An Air Force Entertainer of the Year contestant has strong ties to Albuquerque and Kirtland Air Force Base. Capt. Rachael Jarrell is stationed at Dyess Air Force Base, Texas, with the 7th Logistics Readiness Squadron. She attended Sandia Elementary School on Kirtland. When her mother, Rhonda

  • New civilian appraisal program set to start in April

    The Air Force will roll out a new civilian appraisal program in April, designed to improve overall job performance, enhance supervisor and employee communication and more effectively develop and reward the workforce.  The change will affect wage grade and general service employees and is a change

  • Air-launched cruise missile passes tests

    Air Force B-52H Stratofortress aircrews recently tested three unarmed AGM-86B air-launched cruise missiles, demonstrating the bomber force’s ability to configure, load, fly and deliver the nation’s only nuclear cruise missile. The B-52H aircrews departed Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, for the

  • 512th RQS Airman receives Flying Cross medal

    Master Sgt. Gregory Gibbs, 512th Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal during a Jan. 13 ceremony at Kirtland.Ranked as the highest military aviation award, Gibbs received the medal for distinguishing himself as a HH-60 Pave Hawk aerial gunner in

  • Kirtland hosts Industry Day for Enhanced Use Lease

    Base leadership joined officials from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and interested private developers for an Industry Day here Jan. 11, with a focus on the Enhanced Use Lease program. EUL allows Air Force installations to make non-excess real property available for public- and private-sector