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  • Albuquerque Reads program needs volunteers

    The Albuquerque Reads program is ramping up for the 2008-09 school year. The program involves community volunteers tutoring disadvantaged Kindergartners on reading skills, once a week for about an hour. These kids are at Title-1 schools (meaning the majority of students come from impoverished

  • Excess baggage fees on official travel covered on voucher with receipt

    Airlines are scrambling to make up the money lost due to high fuel prices, and one of the ways is with baggage fees. Some airlines waive the fees for servicemembers and some do not. A servicemember traveling on official business, including deployments, can still receive full reimbursement for

  • Special leave accrual sell back clarified

    A provision in the 2008 National Defense Authorization Act allows an additional one-time special leave accrual sell back for enlisted service members who desire to sell back up to 30 days of SLA. With the operations-tempo today's Airmen are faced with, this is a unique opportunity for members to

  • Air Force’s top cop visits

    Brig. Gen. Mary Kay Hertog, director of security forces for the Air Force, paid a visit to Kirtland AFB Aug. 18 and 19. As director, she is the central figure for force protection in the Air Force and responsible for more than 30,000 active duty and Reserve security forces worldwide. She provides

  • SBIR Program seeks to increase portfolio

    Since 1984, the federal government has supported small businesses that were often at a disadvantage when competing against larger corporations for federal contract opportunities. Under the Small Business Innovation Research, or SBIR, program, companies with fewer than 500 employees are eligible to

  • Optical brighteners OK for ABUs

    Airman Battle Uniform care instructions have changed. Initial ABU optical brightener policy was based on Army research and guidance. In 2007 the Army conducted an extensive field evaluation with uniforms laundered in various detergents with and without optical brighteners. The Army's testing

  • Corrosion control facility should save time, money

    The 58th Special Operations Wing was proud to announce the completion of its brand new corrosion control facility. This $10.2 million facility will boost maintenance capability by generating a stable environment for aircraft paint operations while simultaneously utilizing state of the art

  • TacSat-3’s rapid data collection, transmission supports warfighter

    Tactical Satellite-3's late October launch will begin a new era of immediate battlespace information for the American warfighter. The satellite will demonstrate the use of a hyperspectral imager with an onboard processor to gather and send, within minutes, images of the battlespace to the warfighter

  • Air Force announces major, lieutenant colonel, colonel promotions

    The Calendar Year 2008A Line of the Air Force, Biomedical Sciences Corps and Nurse Corps central selection boards chose 545 lieutenant colonels, 112 majors and 219 captains for promotion. Selected from Kirtland AFB are TO COLONEL: Missile Defense Agency, Airborne Laser Program Office Kenton T. Wood