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  • 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

  • Nuclear enterprise workers enter Order of the Nucleus

    Six people received recognition for their work in maintaining a strong nuclear deterrent for the United States and its allies, entering the prestigious Order of the Nucleus on Friday.In 2011, Maj. Gen. Garrett Harencak, then-commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC), initiated the

  • AFRL NM researchers receive top honors

    Two Kirtland Air Force Base researchers had a place among those honored when Air Force Research Laboratory Commander Maj. Gen. Robert McMurry recently announced the 2016 AFRL Fellows and the newest class of AFRL Science and Engineering Early Career award recipients.AFRL-wide, six researchers were