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  • Recycling contract implemented at Kirtland

    While Team Kirtland has been recycling for many years, April marks the beginning of a new era in our recycling program bringing many opportunities. Kirtland Air Force Base will be launching a new Integrated Solid Waste Management contract. The new contract, awarded to Mark Dunning Industries, will

  • Young engineers work with mentors at AFRL

    Young engineers participating in the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Scholar and Phillips Scholar programs have the opportunity to work with AFRL mentors on different projects during their summer at the laboratory. Eighteen students, ranging from juniors in high school to graduate students in

  • Community Assessment Survey needs spouses to participate

    The Integrated Delivery System (Wingman Plus) 2011 Community Assessment Survey of service members, spouses, and civilians has been extended to April 3.According to the Office of the Air Force Community Assessment Survey the survey is the best way for Air Force community members to make their

  • Kirtland AFB prepares for contingencies with exercises

    Airmen from Kirtland Air Force Base completed an operational readiness exercise here from March 4 to March 11.During the exercise, Airmen took part in multiple scenarios, including an active shooter, a suspicious package, a deployment and fires on base. Those training events allow Airmen to practice

  • 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 &