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  • Kirtland remembers Martin Luther King Jr.

    About 100 members of the base community noted the importance of unity Friday morning at a breakfast to remember the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been his 87th birthday.Col. Lance Kawane, vice commander of the 377th Air Base Wing, hosted the event at Mountain View Club, and said

  • Kirtland Warrior: Senior Airman Geoff Gonzalez

    KIRTLAND WARRIORName: Senior Airman Geoff GonzalezUnit: 898th Munitions SquadronDuty title:  Weapons maintenance team chiefHometown:  San Antonio, TexasAccomplishments: Gonzalez was certified as a weapons maintenance team chief as a senior airman, a rare feat for an enlisted member of his rank.  He

  • Bulk fuel facility's third extraction well to be activated soon

    The Kirtland Air Force Base fuel spill cleanup is close to activating a third extraction well and starting pilot projects to feed the bacteria breaking down the underground contamination, project leaders said.KAFB cleanup program manager Kathryn Lynnes and New Mexico Environment Department

  • AFRL officer finds deployment a life-changing experience

    Capt. Jacob "Jake" English is an impressive officer on many accounts. Late last year he returned from a six-month volunteer deployment to Kabul, Afghanistan.  English returned from deployment to the Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland,  where he has served since April 2012 with both the

  • Major renovation project underway at MDG Clinic

    Members of the 377th Medical Group donned hard hats and a sledgehammer and broke down a wall at the main clinic Jan. 11 at a wall breaking ceremony that signified the start of major construction on a $16.9 million upgrade to the facility.About 81,000 square feet of the main clinic will be renovated.

  • Base tax center seeking volunteers

    Providing a place for service members to get help in filing taxes is a major base initiative, but it cannot operate without the help of volunteers.The Kirtland Income Tax Center, which provides a variety of tax services to eligible service members, is run entirely by volunteers -- and the more

  • Military working dogs retire, get new homes

    Two of Kirtland Air Force Base's military working dogs retired with accolades at a Dec. 16 ceremony at the 377th Air Base Wing Presentation Center.Alea and Capa, patrol and narcotics-detection dogs, are living with area families now that they've finished their military careers.Their retirement

  • Commissary to close while undergoing changes

    The Kirtland Commissary will close while undergoing a "reset" as part of the Defense Commissary Agency's ongoing effort to enhance the shopping experience.  The commissary will close at 4 p.m. Jan. 24, and will remained closed until 8 a.m. Jan. 27."We hate to inconvenience our customers with the

  • KSC cookie drive nets more than 10,000 cookies

    The cookies began rolling into the Mountain View Club as the sun rose on Dec. 15, the second day of the Kirtland Spouses' Club holiday cookie drive.The first day alone, more than 8,900 cookies had been donated. By the following day, volunteers were hard at work taking in even more cookies -- more

  • Kirtland to hold base open house and air show

    Kirtland will be hosting a base open house and air show featuring the Air Force Thunderbirds aerial demonstration team.  The event is scheduled for June 4-5 and will be open to the general public. Admission will be free. Additional information on the Kirtland event will be made available in the