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  • Giving thanks

    About 250 students, faculty and family members of the Detachment 1, 342nd Training Squadron's Combat Rescue Officer/Pararescue school at Kirtland AFB enjoyed a Thanksgiving meal Nov. 14 courtesy of the unit's key spouses, Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Federal Credit Union and JR's

  • 898 MUNS commander receives award

    Maj. Andrew Hackleman, 898th Munitions Squadron commander, right, was recently awarded the Maj. Gen. Saunders Chapter Distinguished Service Award for outstanding leadership as president of the Lt. Gen. Marquez Chapter of the Logistics Officers Association at Kirtland AFB. Lt. Gen. Judith Fedder,

  • Kirtland Warrior

    Rank/Name:Senior Airman Norvaris D. GrantUnit:377th Security Forces Squadron with duties at the 377th Air Base Wing Protocol OfficeDuty title:Protocol specialistHometown: Miami, Fla.Goals: Complete my bachelor degree in Social Science with a major in Education. Make the military a career. Attain the

  • Workshop for military parents and children

    The Museum of the American Military Family and Brats without Borders present "A Life in Transit: Growing Up Military," a workshop for military parents and their children age 12 and up, from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. Nov. 10 at the Kirtland AFB Chapel. Mobility, deployment, the culture shock of

  • AFRL plays major role in historic near-space jump

    For more than nine minutes Oct. 14, an international audience watched as Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner egressed from a capsule 128,000 feet above the earth and fell toward the planet reaching speeds of 834 miles per hour, to become the first person to break the sound barrier outside a

  • This week in history: Hackney receives Cheney Award

    On Oct. 30, 1968, Airman 2nd Class Duane D. Hackney (June 5, 1947 - Sept. 3, 1993), a pararescueman who received 28 decorations for valor in combat, received the 1967 Cheney Award for actions in Vietnam to save a downed pilot. Hackney received more than 70 individual awards, and is often considered

  • 377th WSSS commander awarded French defense medal

    The commander of the 377th Weapons System Security Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base recently received the French National Defense Medal (Bronze) for his actions while deployed to Regional Support Command-East, at Bagram, Afghanistan.Lt. Col. Bryan Eckart was deployed there from Jan. 19 through

  • NCO receives Distinguished Flying Cross

    A noncommissioned officer assigned to Kirtland AFB received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony on base Oct. 23.Staff Sergeant Brandon Hill, 512th Rescue Squadron, was recognized for his accomplishments during a deployment to Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.Hill's