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  • AFRL hosting Rapid Reaction Challenge

    Beginning today and occurring through April 27, a remote location in the southeast corner of Kirtland Air Force Base will become a proving ground for seven U.S. universities' creativity and design in their attempt to meet an urgent warfighter requirement during AFRL's annual Rapid Reaction

  • AFMC Surveys Workforce to Gauge Interest in Early Retirement, Separation

    Air Force Materiel Command will survey its civilian workforce beginning May 1 to determine how many individuals would be interested in applying for a fiscal year 2011/12 VERA/VSIP incentive program. VERA/VSIP stands for Voluntary Early Retirement Authority/Voluntary Separation Incentive Program. The

  • Troops to receive full mid-month pay April 15

    All service members will receive their full mid-month pay they have earned in their paychecks April 15, 2011, Pentagon officials said today."Basically, all active duty and reserve service members will receive full mid-month pay on the 15th of April," Pentagon spokesman Marine Col. Dave Lapan said.

  • Air Force accepts training simulator

    The Air Force will accept the HC-130P aircraft simulator from the developer in a ceremony today at 2 p.m. in Bldg. 950.The simulator provides a high-fidelity training environment for training aircrews in standard flight operations, helicopter air refueling, airdrops, night-vision goggles modified

  • April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    President Barack Obama recently issued a national proclamation designating April as Sexual Assault Awareness Month. One in four American women has been the victim of a rape or attempted rape, according to the Office on Violence Against Women, U.S. Department of Justice. The goal of SAAM is to raise

  • Hanscom and Kirtland work together

    As a result of the 2005 Congressional Base Realignment and Closure decision, directing the relocation of Air Force Research Laboratory's Battlespace Environment Division from Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to Kirtland AFB, people from both locations have come together to make this a successful and

  • NCO receives AFMC award

    Staff Sgt. Jordan Bishopp, explosive ordnance disposal craftsman with the 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight at Kirtland Air Force Base, was honored March 31 as the Air Force Material Command's Noncommissioned Officer of the Year, at the command's annual awards banquet at the National Museum

  • 377 TH AIR BASE WING Combat dining out event scheduled for April 29

    The 377th Air Base Wing will hold a combat dining out at the guard maintenance hangar April 29, from 5 p.m. to 10 p.m.Event ticket prices are rank-base. They are $10 for E-6 and below and $15 for E-7 and above. The barbecue meal will include a choice of two meats and two sides. Included in the price

  • Challenge encourages healthy habits

    The Team Lean Challenge is now the Team Pedometer Challenge. TPC focuses on encouraging people to take steps towards permanent healthy lifestyle changes. The TPC involves three key elements; education, walking and participating in base fun runs/walks.These elements help promote an overall healthy

  • AFRL receives high ratings in SAB review

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate recently received its "report card" from the 2010 Air Force Scientific Advisory Board review -- a review that is conducted every two years. The SAB team reviewed five major technical competencies with a detailed look at a variety of