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  • 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

  • Kirtland sergeant earns AFGSC recognition

    Air Force Global Strike Command has recognized a Kirtland Air Force Base sergeant for her work and skills.Tech. Sgt. Cassandra Nutter, financial analysis supervisor for the 377th Comptroller Squadron, received the 2016 Financial Management and Comptroller Annual Award for the non-commissioned

  • AFRL, UNM collaborate to mentor undergrads

    The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base and the University of New Mexico have established a successful UNM+AFRL Mentoring program that promises benefits to the community and the nation.The program matches UNM undergraduate students with AFRL scientists and engineers, military or

  • AFRL engineer finds a way to stop IEDs

    To inspire current and future Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers, a Kirtland Air Force Base researcher recently told his story of taking his own technology into combat.Jeff Heggemeier of the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate was one of six speakers at the second-annual AFRL

  • 58th SOW unveils Medal of Honor wall

    Two Medal of Honor recipients unveiled the 58th Special Operations Wing’s Medal of Honor memorial wall during a ceremony Tuesday morning in the wing headquarters.The wall features the seven Medal of Honor recipients who served in Air Force search and rescue or special operations, as well as the