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  • CV-22 Osprey responds to search, rescue request for lost medical aircraft

    When three people aboard a medical aircraft crashed on the San Juan Mountains in southern Colorado while responding to a medical call, a CV-22 Osprey deployed from Kirtland Air Force Base located the Eagle Medical Corporation aircraft hours after the Arizona-based Beechcraft King Air plane was

  • 58th SOW conducts 1st CV-22 search, rescue

    Early on the morning of Oct. 5, the Air Force Rescue Coordination Center, Langley AFB, Va., requested the 58th Special Operations Wing here to assist a civil search and rescue for a potential downed aircraft. Late the night before, the FAA had lost radar contact with a Beech C-90A aircraft carrying

  • Retiree Appreciation Day to be held at Mountain View Club

    The 2007 Retiree Appreciation Day is Oct. 6 at the Mountain View Club. The event is hosted by the 377th Air Base Wing and will begin with a retirement seminar focusing on reviewing and updating information on benefits, entitlements, policies and services available to the retiree community. The

  • N.M. Air Force Bases 60th Anniversary Celebration one for history books

    The three New Mexico Air Force bases added another chapter in the Air Force history book as they came together to celebrate 60 years of air and space power Sept. 14. Kirtland AFB, Holloman AFB and Cannon AFB joined forces to commemorate the Air Force's 60th anniversary at the Sandia Resort for a day

  • Gold Plate competition coming soon

    Thunderbird Inn dining facility is competing for the 2007 Air Force Materiel Command Gold Plate Award once again. The inn was selected as one of three finalists for the best dining facility in the command. The winner of the Gold Plate Award competes for the coveted John L. Hennessy Award,

  • Team Kirtland participates in forum for renewable energy

    Industry and the general public will be able to learn about Kirtland AFB's energy projects, both renewable and conventional, at a forum in Ontario, Calif., Sept. 26-27. Along with Luke AFB, Ariz., Edwards AFB, Calif., and Vandenberg AFB, Calif., Kirtland AFB is participating in this Renewable Energy

  • EOD member honored in Portraits of Courage

    Members of explosive ordnance disposal teams have dangerous jobs, but are very important in the Global War on Terror. Their training in explosives is important in combat situations and an Airman here has been recognized for his bravery in Portraits of Courage, Volume II. Senior Airman Nicholas

  • FUN, FUN, FUN! N.M. bases celebrate Air Force 60th

    Three New Mexico Air Force bases will come together Sept. 14 at the Sandia Resort to celebrate 60 years of U.S. air power. Kirtland AFB, Holloman AFB and Cannon AFB will observe "Heritage to Horizons," with a variety of events throughout the day to commemorate the Air Force's 60th anniversary. This

  • 3 court martialed for offenses

    Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice Airman 1st Class Arturo E. Rivera, 377th Security Forces Squadron, was convicted of rape in violation of Article 120, Uniform Code of Military Justice on Aug. 20. He was sentenced to four years confinement, a dishonorable discharge and reduction to