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  • Military spouse appreciation events at Kirtland

    President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the Friday before Mother's Day, 1984, as the first "Military Spouse Appreciation Day," in "recognition of the countless personal sacrifices military spouses have made in support of the Armed Forces." Every year since, the President of the United States has

  • AFOTEC hosts third Academy Cadet Summer Research Program

    The Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is hosting the U.S. Air Force Academy's Cadet Summer Research Program for a third year at AFOTEC locations in California, Florida, Nevada, and Texas. Cadets work on real-world Air Force projects for three- and five-week sessions starting in

  • AFRL Directed Energy war gaming - ACE 10

    Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate held its second Advanced Concepts Event during the week of May 17. ACE is the Air Force's only Distributed Mission Operations experimentation war game designed to demonstrate directed energy technology concepts for military applications.

  • 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit crew chiefs recognized in ceremony

    On May 10, 32 Dedicated and Assistant Dedicated Crew Chiefs were recognized in a ceremony at the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. "The term DCC implies ownership and control over property - in this case assigned Air Force aircraft," said Chief Master Sgt. Thomas E. Hennessy, 58th AMXS

  • Experienced Rider Course motorcyclists roll on at Kirtland AFB

    For motorcyclists, one clear advantage of New Mexico's warm, dry climate is that spring is the season when they can get rolling again after a winter off their two-wheelers. A further advantage for those who work at Kirtland AFB is that they can ride their bikes in a free training course on base that

  • Pause to remember, pay respect

    The tradition of paying respect to America's fallen service members and our Nation's flag during a simple Retreat ceremony should come as no surprise to those living and working on a military installation. Recently, Kirtland AFB reinstituted the military tradition of playing Retreat and Taps every

  • CMSAF Roy visits Kirtland Air Force Base

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Roy visited Kirtland AFB May 24 and 25 for the first time since being appointed to the service's top enlisted position June 30, 2009. He toured the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, Sandia National Laboratories, the 898th Munitions Squadron and the 58th

  • Tactical Satellite-3 completes groundbreaking experimental mission

    On Saturday, Tactical Satellite-3 will transition from an experimental demonstration to an operational asset when spacecraft control authority has been officially transferred from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate here to Air Force Space Command, Peterson AFB,

  • AFOTEC supports deployed Airmen with care packages

    It has been said that without a sense of caring, there can be no sense of community. The caring staff of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is hard at work building that sense of community by putting together care packages for the organization's deployed Airmen."The AFOTEC Key

  • Critical Days of Summer campaign begins

    It's that time of year again, when everyone is thinking about recreational activities, outings, picnics, camping, boating, swimming, barbecues, vacations and more. How many of us think about safety or Operational Risk Management? I venture to say not many. After all, summer is the time of year we