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  • Kirtland's EO office wins award for ADR program

    The 377th Air Base Wing's Equal Opportunity Office received the 2013 Air Force Alternative Dispute Resolution Program of the Year award for small organizations. "It's a good feeling to be recognized for all our hard work," said Ofelia Mejiaortega, EO specialist who manages the ADR program at

  • Lessons from engineering competition could help save lives

    The Air Force Research Laboratory recently held its third annual AFRL Collegiate and Service Academy Engineering Design Competition. Seventeen universities and three service academies participated in the event, which was held at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex located on Arnold Air Force

  • Kirtland sergeant receives Bronze Star, Purple Heart medals

    A Kirtland warrior received two military medals after surviving a car bombing while deployed to Kabul, Afghanistan."I never thought I'd receive a Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal," said Tech. Sgt. Austin Hardin, a paralegal in the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center Legal Office. "Although I wish I

  • Kirtland spouse nets AFMC Key Spouse of the Year Award

    A Team Kirtland member was selected as the Air Force Materiel Command Key Spouse of the Year.Beth Moran, wife of Master Sgt. Andy Moran of the 377th Security Forces Squadron, was selected for her efforts with the Kirtland Key Spouse Program. She said she is honored to receive the award, but shares

  • Summer STEM camp for students from Kirtland families

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy is accepting applications for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, camp for students from Kirtland families. Students who will be going into 5th or 6th grade in the 2014-15 school year, will spend the week exploring hands-on

  • AFRL La Luz Academy holds ‘egg-cellent’ symposium

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy STEM Challenge Flight really came out of its shell at the culminating STEM Challenge Symposium.AFRL La Luz Academy at Kirtland is an education outreach program that promotes science, technology, engineering and math education activities for New Mexico

  • More than 1,000 New Mexico fifth graders to simulate trip to Mars

    More than 1,000 fifth grade students from 40 New Mexico schools will come together May 2 at the Albuquerque Convention Center to simulate going on a manned mission to Mars.Mars Link-Up Day is the culminating event of the Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy's Mars Missions Flight, a science,

  • Tour of Shiva Star sends powerful message

    A group of high school students from Bosque School learned about a couple of big projects at Air Force Research Laboratory on April 11, and saw one of the more destructive machines Air Force scientists get to use.Chris Erickson, an AFRL scientist, said the tour was part of a program that shows

  • Kirtland operations officer presented the Bronze Star Medal

    A Kirtland officer received the Bronze Star Medal in a ceremony at the base theater April 16.Capt. George Hern, operations officer in the 377th Weapon Systems Security Squadron, was recognized for his counterinsurgency efforts while deployed to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, from December 2012 to

  • AFNWC commander receives La Estrella award

    Maj. Gen. Sandra Finan, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center commander, was recognized with the Young Women's Christian Association's "La Estrella" award at a banquet April 10.The YWCA annual "Women on the Move" awards recognize extraordinary women who are making significant contributions to their