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  • Kirtland pilot earns international award

    The Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators based in London, England, has awarded Lt. Col. James Routt, the 550th Special Operations Squadron chief pilot, the Master Air Pilot certificate for 2010 to 2011. He is the first U.S. Air Force pilot to be so honored by the Guild.The award will be presented

  • AFRL lends artifacts to museums

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate entered an education partnership agreement Aug. 4. with two museums. Dr. David Hardy, director of AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate, along with Dr. Patrick Lopez, Explora executive director, and Timothy G. Wahlberg, Evergreen

  • 550 SOS nominated for Association Aerospace Awards

    A Kirtland Air Force Base 58th Special Operations Wing squadron was recently nominated for an Air Force Association Aerospace Award.The 550th Special Operations Squadron has been submitted for the AFA Citation of Honor, which is awarded to an Air Force Airman, civilian, unit or group that has made

  • Kirtland officer trained Afghans

    Maj. Andrew Green recently returned from more than a year in Afghanistan, where he was the senior NATO advisor to the Afghan Ministry of Interior, Directorate of Logistics.Green, Chief of the Inspections Division, Operations Verification Directorate, Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, went to combat

  • Book club wraps up

    After thousands of read books and weeks of educational activities, including a visit from zoo animals, a sword fighting presentation and a lesson on the history of written language, the Kirtland Air Force Base library's summer reading club, came to a close July 22."This year, more children than ever

  • AFRL technology developed MAFFS 40 years ago

    The last two Modular Airborne Fire-fighting System equipped C-130 aircrafts here in support of wildfire suppression returned to their home station July 14.The MAFFS flew 242 sorties and 215.3 hours. They dropped 609,960 gallons of water weighing 5,550,640 pounds. The aircrafts were staged at

  • Laboratory recognized with awards

    Several scientists and engineers with the Air Force Research Laboratory were recognized for their accomplishments in an Air Force wide completion for 2011.The recipients will be recognized at a ceremony August 25 at the National Air Force Museum at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio. Four out of

  • Team Kirtland Airman top athlete at Marine Senior NCO Academy

    A Team Kirtland Airman received the Director's Physical Fitness Award June 8 when he graduated from the U.S. Marine Corps Senior NCO Academy at Camp Hansen, Okinawa. Master Sgt. Gerry Ventura, Air Force Inspection Agency security forces inspector, was the lone Airman among 34 Marines. The award is

  • Kirtland NCO named outstanding Airman of the Year

    Tech. Sgt. Jordan Bishopp, 377th Explosive Ordnance Disposal Branch, received a call July 8 informing him that he had been selected as one of the Air Force's 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year.The conference call informing him of the selection came from Gen. Donald Hoffman, Air Force Materiel Command

  • Nationally recognized

    Former La Luz Academy students Lana Kimmel, Jack Hanson and Haley Hanson received national recognition for their achievements in science, technology, engineering and mathematics during the 2010-11 school year. All three participated in the Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy, an education