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  • Bystander Intervention Training Kicks Off April 26

    Sexual assault -- no one likes to talk about it and we like to think it would never happen to us or to anyone we know. What if it did? What if it happened to someone in your family or someone you knew? What would you do? Would you look the other way? Would you pretend it wasn't happening? Or, would

  • AFOTEC Welcomes First Executive Director

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center recently welcomed David Hamilton as its first executive director. Mr. Hamilton, a member of the Senior Executive Service since 1999, served as the Deputy Director of Test and Evaluation at Headquarters U.S. Air Force before his assignment to

  • Team Kirtland Awards

    Logistics Readiness Squadron Wins AF-level awardsThe 377th Logistics Readiness Squadran has been chosen as the 2009 Air Force Logistics Readiness Squadron, Non-Flying Unit winner. Lt. Col. Eric Ellmyer, 377th LRS commander, was also named the Colonel Cynthia L. Benulis Air Force Logistics Readiness

  • AFOTEC detachment inactivates

    The commander of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center inactivated Detachment 3 in an April 5 ceremony.AFOTEC activated Detachment 3 on October 1, 1998. Over the years, seven different commanders led the detachment in executing the operational test and evaluation of 27 major command,

  • Volunteers recognized at 'Second Saturday Supper'

    It was a "feast fit for kings," and in this case, the "kings" were the volunteers from Our Lady of the Sandias Catholic Community at the base chapel.The second Saturday of every month, the Catholic Community hosts a supper tied to a specific theme. Because April is Volunteer Appreciation Month, the

  • "CC Riders" take season's first ride

    For a beginner, learning to operate a motorcycle in town can be tough. Going on a 450-mile group ride on your new bike for the first time can be even tougher.That was the setting for me Saturday, as Brig. Gen. Everett H. Thomas, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander, led a group of eight

  • Air Medal presented to WWII veteran

    Family and friends gathered April 6 to honor 2nd Lt. Robert L. Giles, who received the Air Medal, which recognizes single acts of merit or heroism. A World War II veteran and prisoner of war, Lieutenant Giles served in the Army Air Corps from 1942 to 1945. He was assigned to the 333rd Bomb Squadron,

  • April is Sexual Assult Awareness Month

    April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The theme for the month is, "Hurts One, Affects All ... Preventing Sexual Assault is Everyone's Duty." Since 2005, the Air Force has established response structures to ensure a consistent level of care and support for victims of sexual assault. Additionally,

  • 377th Air Base Wing Gains New Commander

    In a April 16 change-of-command ceremony filled with history and tradition, Col. Robert L. Maness took command of the 377th Air Base Wing. The presiding official was Brig. Gen. Everett H. Thomas, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander.About 200 people, including commanders and personnel from