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  • Vehicle close to launch

    Research and development spacecraft scheduled for 2012 flightPatience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet. For the Demonstration and Science Experiments satellite program, that phrase rings true.Initiated in spring 2004, the DSX space flight experiment, led by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space

  • AFRL to open new lab next month

    Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicle Directorate's Battlespace Environment Laboratory is complete and ready for a ribbon-cutting ceremony April 21. It will be two years from the groundbreaking ceremony April 15, 2009 to the completion of the state-of-the-art facility. The U.S. Army Corps of

  • 58th SOW announces annual award winners

    At a ceremony Feb. 25 in Hangar 1000, the 58th Special Operations Wing announced its 2010 annual award winners.Senior Airman Ashley Chappell received the 58th SOW Airman of the Year Award for accomplishments as an aircrew flight equipment journeyman.Tech. Sgt. Richard Pelletier received the 58th SOW

  • Kirtland AFB sets fund goal

    The 2011 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at Kirtland Air Force Base will be March 28 through May 6. The base's goal is to raise $68,589."Kirtland has always been very supportive of the AFAF and its Airmen-helping-Airmen outreach," says Chaplain (Capt.) Jayme Kendall, the campaign project officer.

  • Contests to help voting abroad

    To encourage voter participation among Americans living abroad, the Federal Voting Assistance Program is sponsoring two contests for artwork and slogan ideas. The winning art and slogan will assist in a voter outreach campaign.The FVAP poster contest is accepting artwork that illustrates the

  • Air Force "Tops in Blue" to perform in Albuquerque

    The United States Air Force's "Tops in Blue" entertainment ensemble will perform at the Albuquerque Convention Center Kiva Auditorium on Thursday, March 17, at 7 p.m. Admission is free. The entire family will be entertained with beautiful costumes, precision choreography and music from Rhythm &

  • Senior master sergeant promotion results released

    Eleven master sergeants assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base are among the 1,274 selected Air Force wide for promotion to senior master sergeant, personnel officials announced.Air Force officials considered 12,378 eligible master sergeants for promotion to senior master sergeant for a selection rate

  • Motorcycle training relocated off-base

    Because of issues with the previous training site, Kirtland Air Force Base personnel who need mandatory Motorcycle Safety Foundation Training will have to attend classes off the installation. Formerly, Kirtland assigned personnel could attend MSF training sponsored by the 377th Air Base Wing Safety

  • Assessment showcases accomplishments

    Senior leaders review progress of nuclear modernization effortsFor the first time in more than 20 years, eight flag-level leaders representing Air Force and Department of Defense acquisition organizations met March 2 at Kirtland Air Force Base to review the status of the Air Force's $3.4 billion

  • Forecasting satellite movements

    Orbital Drag Environment Program developed to avoid collisions in the cosmosOn Feb. 10, 2009, the first major traffic accident in space occurred when the Iridium 33 and Kosmos-2251 satellites crashed into each other at approximately 26,170 miles per hour 490 miles above the Earth.Eleven months