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  • 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

  • Kirtland childcare provider named best in AFMC

    The Kirtland Family Child Care program demands a lot from its providers, and a successful provider must meet the program's standards for licensure and the demands of childcare on a daily basis. Still, providers regularly do this and more, according to FCC provider Marie Stabe, who was recently named

  • AFRL helps local high school students launch weather balloon

    Students from Highland High School and scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory are launching a full-scale weather balloon to conduct high altitude experiments. For the past month, Highland students have been working with AFRL scientists and engineers to create their payloads

  • Kirtland family child care provider named best in AMFC

    The Kirtland Family Child Care program demands a lot from its providers, and a successful provider must meet the program's standards for licensure and the demands of childcare on a daily basis. Still, providers regularly do this and more, according to FCC provider Marie Stabe, who was recently named

  • Award winner from AFSEC grateful for opportunity

    When Christopher Gitto of the Air Force Safety Center started out as a civilian personnel records staffer in 1983, he couldn't have envisioned the Air Force career of more than 30 years that lay ahead.And now, the AFSC technical information specialist can attach the words "award-winning" to his job

  • Kirtland Spouses' Club gets into holiday spirit

    The holiday spirit sprang to life as trees, ornaments and other touches of the season were hung at the Mountain View Club on Tuesday. The decorating party is an annual tradition for the Kirtland Spouses' Club.The KSC is also gearing up for other holiday-related efforts. A cookie drive for Airmen who

  • Command chief set to retire after 30 years of service

    Kirtland will say goodbye to its respected command chief Friday.Chief Master Sgt. John Dougherty, command chief master sergeant for the 377th Air Base Wing and Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, is retiring after nearly 30 years of service, including two and a half years at Kirtland."The men and

  • Blast off: Rockets help kids get fired up about science

    Northwest Rio Rancho became "Cape Canaveral West" for more than 300 middle school students from around the state as they launched model rockets.The launches -- about two-dozen conducted Oct. 28 -- were part of the annual Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy's rocket project.The 6-foot-tall