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  • School zone safety

    Drivers passing through the school zone have to be vigilant and focus on driving safely. Watch for children walking and riding bikes across the street. The school zone speed limit is 15 miles per hour when warning lights are flashing. When the lights are not flashing, drivers still have to watch for

  • CGOC cleans New Mexico’s roadside

    The Team Kirtland Company Grade Officer's Council recently joined the New Mexico Department of Transportation's Adopt-A-Highway program and is the proud sponsor of I-25 from mile marker 219-220. Thirteen officers and family members of the CGOC volunteered Oct. 16 to clean one mile of I-25. The

  • Forty-two years of dedicated service and counting

    Working for nearly half a century can put a lot of wear and tear on a body, but Gloria Mitchell barely shows the effects of her long service to the Air Force.Ms. Mitchell started working as a waitress at the Mountain View Club on base in 1968. Back then, cigarettes were 36 cents a pack, minimum wage

  • Kirtland AFB officials submit three revised remediation plans

    Air Force officials delivered three required work plans on remediation of the fuel plume to the New Mexico Environment Department today. The plans outline the actions proposed by the Air Force and its contractor, Shaw Environmental and Infrastructure, Inc., in response to NMED's letters of April 2

  • Pan-STARRS telescope system discovers asteroid

    An exciting discovery occurred this September when Panoramic Survey Telescope & Rapid Response System researchers discovered an asteroid that came within 4 million miles of Earth in mid October.The asteroid is about 150 feet in diameter, and was about 20 million miles away when discovered. Given the

  • Asteroid images from ground confirmed by spacecraft flyby

    In July, the European Space Agency Rosetta spacecraft beamed back to Earth impressive images of the 100-kilometer-sized asteroid, Lutetia.Astronomers using three of the world's largest ground-based telescopes were making their own assessments of the asteroid's shape and size.Their Rosetta pre-flyby

  • Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center hosts science and engineering outreach

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center held a forum Oct. 23 at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History for college students to interact with scientists and engineers from organizations across the nuclear enterprise.Dr. Yolanda Jones King, AFNWC Director of Engineering and Technical

  • Honoring veterans past and present

    In November 1919, following the end of World War I, President Woodrow Wilson proclaimed Nov. 11 as the first commemoration of what was then known as Armistice Day. In 1954, the 83rd U.S. Congress changed the name to Veterans Day to honor all American war veterans.There are approximately 23.2 million

  • SDTW host Halloween celebration at Kirtland Elementary

    The Space Development and Test Wing hosted a crowd of miniature fairies, witches, ghosts, action heroes and even a monster or two for an early trick or treat celebration Oct. 29 with the local Kirtland Elementary School.Over 120 children accompanied by teachers and parents raided the SDTW compound