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  • Deputy chief of chaplains to speak at prayer breakfast

    The speaker of this year's National Prayer Breakfast here will be Chap. (Brig. Gen.) Cecil R. Richardson. The breakfast is Feb. 15 at 7 a.m. at the Mountain View Club. Chaplain Richardson is the Air Force deputy chief of chaplains. Chaplain Richardson assists the chief of chaplains, Chap. (Maj.

  • News briefs, Feb. 9

    Testing achievements The following individuals have scored a 90 percent or above on career development tests for the month of January. Staff Sgt. Richard B. Walker 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Senior Airman Crissy I. Sharpe 377th Medical Group Airman 1st Class Seth A. Fouts 58th Aircraft

  • Albuquerque Public Schools town hall on base Feb. 14

    Educators from Albuquerque Public Schools will be here Feb. 14 to answer questions and provide information about the school district for Kirtland families. The town hall will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Club. Dr. Elizabeth Everitt, superintendent of APS, will attend the town hall

  • APS town hall on base Feb. 14

    Educators from Albuquerque Public Schools will be here Feb. 14 to answer questions and provide information about the school district for Kirtland families. The town hall will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. at the Mountain View Club. Dr. Elizabeth Everitt, superintendent of APS, will attend the town hall

  • CV-22 training takes off

    The CV-22 Osprey aircrew training program here has pulled chocks and taken off in a major milestone for the aircraft. The 58th Special Operations Wing announced that they have the Required Assets Available, otherwise known as RAA, to begin training Air Force Special Operations Command aircrews as of

  • Kirtland raises the NSI bar: NWC receives highest rating possible in NSI

    The inspectors are gone and the results are in: satisfactory. The Nuclear Weapons Center here underwent a Nuclear Surety Inspection last week and received this rating, the highest overall grade given, in an NSI. Members of the 498th Armament Systems Wing and the 377th Air Base Wing were on hand

  • Command of special operations wing changes hands

    Col. Eugene Haase assumed command of the 58th Special Operations Wing in a ceremony held here Tuesday. Colonel Haase has served as the vice wing commander of the 58th SOW since May 2006. He assumed command from Col. Thomas J. Trask who had served as the commander since May 2005. Colonel Trask has

  • Ordnance sweeps take flight on base

    During February, people on Kirtland may see a low-flying helicopter with magnetometer equipment mounted on a boom flying over areas that were used for munitions operations in the past. These areas are also known as munitions response areas. This operation is known as HeliMag data collection. The

  • Kirtland women speak at state capital

    Eight women from Team Kirtland packed into an SUV and drove up to snow-covered Santa Fe on Jan. 23 to be a part of annual tradition at the state capital. The New Mexico Department of Veterans Services' annual Military and Veterans Day at the New Mexico State Legislature was themed Supporting

  • Mandatory suicide prevention briefings announced for 2007

    In 1996, the Air Force started requiring active duty, Reserve, National Guard, and civilian employees to undergo annual training in suicide awareness and violence prevention. The Air Force Materiel Command has implemented this policy through the Look, Inquire, Note and Know Program. Col. Robert