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  • AFRL chief scientists receive Presidential Award

    The two chief scientists from the Air Force Research Laboratory in New Mexico have been honored with the 2015 Presidential Rank Award.The awards, which were presented last week in Washington D.C., are given annually to a small number of senior federal government executives and professionals for

  • Kirtland extends AFAF donation window to May 13

    Team Kirtland members will have two more weeks to donate to the Air Force Assistance Fund, as the deadline to donate has been extended to May 13.Currently, the base has raised almost $21,405, about 30 percent of its overall goal of $69,049.The annual effort raises funds to provide support throughout

  • AFRL's Mission to Mars program takes flight

    Thirty-seven schools and 1,048 fifth graders recently simulated life on Mars and built their own life support systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy Mission to Mars program celebrated its 22nd year on April 22. Students from across New Mexico gathered at the Albuquerque Convention

  • AFRL La Luz rocket team heading back to nationals

    Qualification for nationals in the Team America Rocketry Challenge no easy feat.However, a team of eighth-graders at the Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy at Kirtland Air Force Base has done it -- twice."I feel really lucky to be with these groups of kids," said team mentor Jacob

  • AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate introduces new director

    Dr. Kelly Hammett was welcomed as the new director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at a ceremony at the AFRL Conference Center April 25. He was also promoted to the Senior Executive Service at the ceremony."It's with a sense of humility and honor that I'm here,"

  • AFRL program helps 1,000 students simulate life on Mars

    More than 1,000 fifth graders from more than 40 New Mexico schools will take part in one of the state's premier Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics events this week--the Air Force Research Laboratory's Mission to Mars. The event will take place April 22 at the Albuquerque Convention

  • Problem-solving challenge benefits participants, warfighters

    "Got innovation?" That's a question AFRL New Mexico's John Holbrook is asking Team Kirtland in the lead up to this year's AFRL Commanders Challenge. Holbrook is looking for a team of junior members -- military and civilians with less than 10 years of service -- with a passion for innovation. The