Kirtland AFB Officials Give Bulk Fuels Plume Update

Media AdvisoryRelease #10-15Kirtland officials provided an update on the bulk fuels plume this morning to the Siesta Hills Neighborhood Association. Approximately 50 residents attended the meeting.Col. Matthew Bartlett, 377th Mission Support Group commander, opened the meeting and introduced the

A Passion--Continuing to go the Distance

Space Vehicles Directorate member and three-time Boston Marathon participant loves to run During the 2010 Boston Marathon, Mark Scherbarth approached miles 16 to 21 covering the four hills from Wellesley through Newton to Brookline, Massachusetts, a difficult portion of the world-class contest even

Kirtland AFB NCOs Receive Bronze Star Medals

Two noncommissioned officers stationed at Kirtland AFB received Bronze Star Medals in a ceremony Monday at the 377th Air Base Wing Presentation Center. Senior Master Sgt. Brett B. Rogers and Tech. Sgt. Albert K. Jewell, both assigned to the 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, were recognized

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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