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  • Contracting officer retires with 50 years of service

    Barbara Steinbock, a contracting officer with the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate contracting division, retires this month with more than 50 years of government service.Mrs. Steinbock started her career in 1958 in contracting at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. She moved to

  • New golf course manager invites ideas

    The Kirtland AFB's Tijeras Arroyo Golf course has a new manager, Zack Adamson, formerly the manager at the Whiteman AFB, Mo. golf course.Zack moved here about two months ago from Missouri where he had worked as the Whiteman AFB golf course manager for four years. Previously he was the superintendent

  • AFOTEC Commander wins Space Trophy

    Maj. Gen. Stephen Sargeant, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center commander, here, is the recipient of the 2009 Gen. Thomas D. White U.S. Air Force Space Trophy. General Sargeant received the trophy at the annual Air Force Ball held Nov. 20 in Beverly Hills, Calif., during a joint

  • Key Spouses program helps knit fabric of the Air Force family

    The Key Spouse Program began with a Quality of Life initiative about taking care of Air Force families. It was tested at five bases and was encouraged Air Force-wide as part of the Air Force family support outreach program in 1999. The Air Force started with this program and in March 2009 started a

  • COMMENTARY: Service Before Self

    Service before self. Not only is it one of our core values but it's also one of the many characteristics that separates the U.S. Air Force from the civilian sector. Retired Gen. Ronald Fogleman, former Air Force chief of staff, expanded the concept of service before self by stating that, "We are not

  • Senate confirms new AFMC vice commander

    The Senate on Dec. 4 confirmed Maj. Gen. Janet C. Wolfenbarger to the rank of lieutenant general with assignment to the position of Air Force Materiel Command vice commander. General Wolfenbarger was previously the director of Intelligence and Requirements at Headquarters AFMC, Wright-Patterson AFB,

  • Colonel Kivi speaks to CGOs at luncheon

    "What can you do to prepare as a leader for the upcoming changes in the Air Force?" This was the question posed by Col. Eric Kivi, 58th Special Operations Wing commander, to 24 captains and lieutenants at the quarterly Company Grade Officer Council professional development luncheon Nov. 18 at the

  • COMMENTARY: Leadership in an Effective Organization

    An effective organization defines its objectives first, second bases goals on those objectives and last defines its vision based on objectives and goals. Within this effective organization, leadership manages conflict resolution among different subordinates; adjust behavior as necessary and provides

  • Base tree lighting, Santa visit set for Dec.4

    North Pole resident Santa Claus is coming to Kirtland AFB for the annual tree lighting ceremony Friday, Dec. 4 at 5 p.m. near the base chapel here.The Kirtland AFB Chapel choir will begin with a musical prelude at 5:15 p.m. followed by the opening remarks and lighting of the tree by Col. Michael S.