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  • AFRL secretary wins Air Force 2015 Disability Award

    Stacy Gatling, executive secretary to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate director, is the winner of the 2015 Outstanding Department of Defense Employee with a Disability Award."I am very surprised, excited, and thankful," Gatling said.Born legally blind due to albinism,

  • Kirtland Airman represents AF at national pistol competition

    A full-time job in the Air Force and a family would be enough for most people. Staff Sgt. Terrence Sears of Kirtland's 705th Combat Training Squadron isn't most people.Sears, a Texas native, serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Air Force's National Pistol Team, a group of Airmen

  • New AFMC commander visits Kirtland

    New Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski visited AFMC units June 17 and 18, marking her first stop at Kirtland since taking command June 8.The general previously served at Kirtland as the director of the Airborne Laser Program from 2000 to 2005 and later commanded the Air

  • Students take rockets to national competition

    Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy helped three local students show off their rocketry abilities near the nation's capital.The students -- Laken Baca, Cassius Saiz and Gabriel Amador from the Albuquerque Institute for Mathematics and Science -- went to the national Team America Rocketry

  • TAI, La Luz camp inspires budding aviators

    The Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Youth Aviation Camp is giving its young participants a taste of air power.The camp started Monday with 26 students, grades 7-11, taking part at Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy at Kirtland.Students learned about forces of flight, aircraft controls and more in a

  • World War II veteran honored at Kirtland ceremony

    There was a time that Thomas Grasser, now 90, didn't think he'd see 21.Grasser joined the Army on June 17, 1943, days after graduating high school in Wisconsin. He became an ambulance driver with the 593rd Motor Ambulance Company, attached to Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army."I got to the point where,

  • Food, camaraderie and skills all part of second annual K9 competition

    Canine units from numerous New Mexico law enforcement agencies converged on Kirtland's Military Working Dog training area May 12 and 13 to take part in Kirtland's second annual K9 competition.377th Security Forces Group commander Col. Richard DeMouy said it is appropriate that the competition be

  • CCAF graduates honored at ceremony

    A ceremony honoring 268 Kirtland Airmen who recently graduated from the Community College of the Air Force took place Thursday at the Mountain View Club, and there were smiles all around.The Kirtland event recognized 130 Airmen who got one or more degrees from CCAF in October 2014 and 138 who

  • Mission to Mars Link-Up a stellar event

    The Albuquerque Convention Center had plenty of space colonization going on Friday, with the annual Mission to Mars Link-Up Day.The event was put on by Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy. It had around 1,000 fifth-grade students from more than 30 schools putting together habitats on the

  • Leadership Pathways sees first finisher

    Kalee Dickey of the 377th Dental Squadron recently became the first person at Kirtland to complete Leadership Pathways, a program that provides opportunities for military and civilian employees to take classes to collect points and earn rewards while improving personal and professional