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  • DLA conducts spill prevention exercise at Kirtland AFB

    The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) partnered with Kirtland’s environmental professionals to host its annual spill prevention exercise. This training is open to all base personnel that are either a part of a spill response team or handle spills reports, petroleum, oils, and lubricants on a regular

  • AFRL spacecraft collects never before seen data

    The Air Force Research Laboratory’s Demonstration and Science Experiments (DSX) spacecraft has been operating since its launch in June 2019, conducting unique studies into the interactions of radio waves, space plasma and the radiation belts in near-Earth space. AFRL is studying how very low

  • DNWS commandant retires, reflects upon 30 years of service

    The Defense Nuclear Weapons School, established in 1947 at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., said goodbye Aug. 28, 2020, to its 30th commandant.Col. Mark E. Bowen, who entered the Air Force in 1990 as an intercontinental ballistic missile launch officer, ceremonially retired here after 30 years of

  • ALS class collects food donations for local veterans, homeless shelters

    Although COVID-19 may have limited volunteer options due to social distancing guidelines and restrictions within the community, the most recent class of Airman Leadership School (ALS) students and instructors still found a way for Airmen to get involved with their community. Throughout the six

  • Kirtland Airmen Assist with Honor Flight

    Airman First Class Cassandra Nyati, 377th Air Base Wing, escorts veteran Alfred Baye off his flight at the Sunport Airport, Albuquerque, N.M. June 7, 2019. Kirtland Airmen volunteered to assist with the three-day mission known as an Honor Flight, a mission conducted by non-profit organizations