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  • Exercise VIRTUAL FLAG: Battle Management begins Aug. 15

    The 705th Combat Training Squadron, also known as the Distributed Mission Operations Center, will execute exercise VIRTUAL FLAG in a synthetic, theater-level, joint combat environment ensuring joint operational and tactical warfighters’ readiness, Aug. 15.

  • Air Force units support Navy Valiant Shield exercise

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 505th Command and Control Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and Beale AFB, California, supported the U.S. Navy’s ninth iteration of exercise Valiant Shield 22 last month.

  • Kirtland celebrates retirees

    Retirees and Team Kirtland members compete in a golf tournament during Retiree Appreciation Week at the Tijeras Arroyo Golf Course at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, July 15, 2022. The competitors participated in a golf tournament during a series of activities celebrating Retiree Appreciation Week.

  • Kirtland hosts BFF open house

    Col. Jason Vattioni, 377th Air Base Wing commander, discusses the Bulk Fuels Facility Cleanup Project with Ben Mouyyad, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers technical lead, at the Groundwater Treatment Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, July 21, 2022. The Groundwater Treatment Facility cleans ethylene

  • 576th FLTS bids farewell to outgoing commander, welcomes new commander

    Col. Jason Vattioni, 377th Air Base Wing commander (left), passes the guidon to Col. Christopher Cruise (right), 576th Flight Test Squadron incoming commander, during a change of command at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., July 14, 2022. Cruise will be assuming command from Col. Omar Colbert,

  • 377th SFG welcomes new commander, Col. Amy M. Rivera

    Col. Jason F. Vattioni, 377th Air Base Wing commander and presiding officer, passes a guidon to Col. Amy M. Rivera, 377th Security Forces Group incoming commander, during the 377th SFG change of command ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 13, 2022. Rivera received command from the

  • AFOTEC welcomes new commander, Brig. Gen. Michael T. Rawls

    Lt. Gen. Kevin Schneider, left, United States Air Force Director of Staff and presiding officer, passes the guidon to Brig. Gen Michael T. Rawls, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) incoming commander, during the AFOTEC change of command ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base,

  • New Mexico first sergeants improve mental health response skills

    First sergeants from Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, joined Holloman AFB first sergeants for a Mental Health First Aid course July 14, 2022, here.Twenty diamond-wearing and additional duty first sergeants attended the course to develop their skills to identify, understand and respond to signs

  • 58th SOW members reflect on Afghanistan withdrawal

    Capt. Bradley Basek, 415th Special operations Squadron HC-130J instructor pilot, briefs Team Kirtland members on his experiences during the Afghanistan withdrawal at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., July 8, 2022. Basek’s briefing detailed the events leading up to, during and after the United States