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  • Volunteers needed to build robots

    The Air Force Research Laboratory needs 15 volunteers to mentor students for La Luz Academy's Robot Systems Flight for the upcoming school year. The Robot Systems Flight is a program where middle school students explore the basics of systems engineering and robotics by building and programming small

  • Kirtland Warrior

    Team Kirtland first sergeants and commanders nominate Airmen for recognition as a Kirtland Warrior for their contributions to the mission.RANK/NAME:Airman 1st Class Soul Westbrooks-SullivanUNIT: 377th Security Forces SquadronDUTY TITLE: Installation entry controllerHOMETOWN: Cleveland, OhioGOALS:

  • Funding authority increase generates construction on the base's west side

    Construction sights and sounds will become common on the west side of Kirtland Air Force Base during the next two years, due to a significant change in federal funding that affects Air Force Research Laboratory projects.Authority to raise two new buildings on the campus of AFRL's Space Vehicles

  • AFRL employee recognized as 'Rookie of the Year'

    An Air Force Research Laboratory employee recently received the Federal Laboratory Consortium's "Rookie of the Year" award. Holly Victorson serves in the Office of Research and Technology Applications for AFRL's Directed Energy and Space Vehicles directorates at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M. The FLC

  • School Partners

    The Kirtland Air Force Base School Partners volunteer program finished the school year going strong. In seven weeks, School Partners provided 133 hours of academic tutoring at Sandia Base Elementary School - 266 tutoring sessions to help students improve their math and reading skills. The School

  • 377 LRS NCO receives Bronze Star Medal

    A noncommissioned officer assigned to Kirtland AFB received a Bronze Star Medal in a ceremony on base Monday, May 21, for actions while deployed overseas. Tech. Sgt. David M. Perez, 377th Logistics Readiness Squadron, was recognized for exceptionally meritorious service as a convoy commander with

  • AFRL showcases Directed Energy at the nation’s capital

    Scientists and engineers from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate recently participated in an exhibition in Washington, D.C., showcasing how directed energy can benefit warfighters. The Directed Energy Professional Society sponsored the event, with participants from the

  • EOD NCO receives Bronze Star Medal

    An NCO assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base received a Bronze Star Medal in a ceremony on base Wednesday for actions while deployed to Southwest Asia during Operation Enduring Freedom. Tech. Sgt. Joshua K. Rickert, 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, was recognized for exceptionally meritorious

  • Airmen receive AFMC awards

    An officer and a senior NCO assigned to a geographically separated unit of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center have received awards at the Air Force Materiel Command level.Capt. Nicholas Battle received the Mid-Career Military Engineer award and Master Sgt. Ronald Sampson received the Engineering

  • 58 SOW officer receives AETC Gen. P.K. Carlton Award for valor

    An officer assigned to the 58th Special Operations Wing has been named the 2011 Air Education and Training Command recipient of the Gen. Paul K. Carlton Award for valor.Maj. Lee Baker, of the 550th Special Operations Squadron, volunteered for service in support of NATO Air Training Command -