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  • AFNWC Champions Diversity

    Diversity means different things to different agencies, organizations, and people. Although historically within the Air Force, diversity has focused on equal employment opportunity and affirmative employment, the definition has been broadly expanded as a 'composite of individual characteristics,

  • Minotaur IV/HTV-2 Lifts Off

    The Minotaur IV space launch vehicle successfully completed its first lift-off April 22, from Space Launch Complex 8 at Vandenberg AFB, Calif. At approximately 4 p.m., the rocket's first stage ignited, sending the rocket and its payload, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Falcon

  • Team Kirtland Marks Earth Day

    Earth Day was celebrated April 22 across the nation, the Air Force and here at Kirtland. Over the years, Earth Day has expanded from its original concept of saving trees and rain forests to climate action initiatives and greenhouse gas reduction. The 377th Civil Engineer Division Environmental

  • Kirtland AFB to Gain 65 Positions in FY11 Force Restructuring

    News ReleaseRelease #10-16As part of the U.S. Air Force's force structure changes for Fiscal Year 2011, Kirtland AFB is set to gain 29 military and 36 civilian positions beginning Sept. 30, 2010. Many of these additional positions are a result of contractor-to-civilian conversions and strengthening

  • 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

  • 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