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  • Honor Guardsman of the Month: Senior Airman Sean Harrington

     Kirtland Honor Guardsman of the Month - January 2015Name: Senior Airman Sean P. HarringtonUnit: 377th Weapons System Security SquadronDuty title: Security forces journeymanJob Description: Protect the people, property and resources of the U.S. Air Force.Hometown: Quincy, Mass.Career goals: Be the

  • Monster Garage wins award, saves money

    With a little ingenuity and a lot of elbow grease, the 58th Training Squadron's Trainer Development Flight, the "Monster Garage," is saving the Air Force millions of dollars.The fabricators were given an Air Force Productivity Excellence award for 2014 at the Air Education and Training Command level

  • Team Kirtland member recognized via Portraits in Courage

    One of Kirtland's own received recognition on a world-wide level Feb. 4 in Arlington, Va., as the Air Force lauded Airmen featured under the 2014 Portraits in Courage program.Tech Sgt. Daniel Wilson, a military working dog handler and the kennel master with the 377th Security Forces Group, was

  • AFNWC 4th Quarter Award winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center fourth quarter awards.These winners were recognized at an awards ceremony Jan. 22 at the Mountain View Club:Airman of the Quarter - Airman 1st Class Martha Dirton, 377 Medical GroupNCO of the Quarter - Staff Sgt Dominic Kosgei,

  • Team Kirtland 4th Quarter Award winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the Team Kirtland fourth quarter awards.These winners were recognized at an awards ceremony Jan. 29 at the Mountain View Club:Dorm of the Quarter - Airman 1st Class Nichole Stienborn, 58th SOW, and Airman 1st Class Julian Salazar, AFNWC Honor Guard of the Quarter -

  • Order of the Nucleus recipients honored by AFNWC

    The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center awarded its annual Order of the Nucleus Awards Jan. 27 at a ceremony at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History.The well-attended ceremony paid homage to not only the Order of the Nucleus recipients, but the Air Force's nuclear enterprise in general.In

  • Thunderbird Inn an Air Force model of efficiency

    Kirtland's military dining facility, the Thunderbird Inn, is a familiar haunt for many Airmen. But behind the serving lines, salad bar and seating area is an industry-leading commitment to efficiency.The eatery primarily serves Kirtland's enlisted personnel, especially those in base dormitories. It

  • AFRL announces winners of student satellite competition

    Students representing 10 universities competed in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week for the chance to send a satellite they designed and built into space. The competition was held through the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate University Nanosat Program.The winners:1st place

  • AFRL opens quality of life fitness park

    Air Force Research Laboratory workers have a new place for fitness activities, as the lab recently opened its quality of life fitness park.The park is located on the west side of Kirtland in an area called Green Grass Park. It includes a quarter-mile track with four fitness stations.  Inside the

  • AFRL Directed Energy Directorate’s first director dies

    R. Earl Good, former Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate director, died Dec. 10.Good became a resident of Albuquerque in 1993 when he moved from Boston to become the executive director of Phillips Laboratory, which became AFRL."I knew Earl for nearly 30 years from my time both