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  • Youth Center teaches dance at weeklong camp

    The children who were in a weeklong dance camp at Kirtland's Youth Center were sweating, and it was still 40 minutes until their performance Friday.That performance for family and others capped off five days of frantic activity for the 10 performers in a dance camp that has become a staple of the

  • Kirtland sergeant lends helping hand to Kenyan orphans

    Six years ago, Staff Sgt. Dominic Kosgei left his poverty-stricken community in Kenya, Africa, to seek a better life in the United States.To give back to the country that gave him hope and opportunity, he joined the Air Force. Kirtland is the first duty station for Kosgei, who is NCO in charge of

  • AFNWC holds ribbon cutting, breaks ground on new building

    Two phases of expansion for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center's headquarters at Kirtland were inaugurated Monday with a ribbon cutting and a ceremonial groundbreaking.The ribbon cutting was for the recently completed "phase one" of the expansion, a $29 million, 56,000-square-foot workspace that

  • Outdoor Recreation offers swimming lessons for kids

    Kirtland's Outdoor Recreation program still has opportunities for kids to cool off and learn to swim this summer at the outdoor pool.According to Leanne Hancock, who has worked as an instructor for eight years, swimming skills don't just make water activities more fun; they could just save your

  • Sandia Labs documentary gives detailed history of nuclear weapons

    Sandia National Laboratories has been at the heart of America's nuclear weapons development nearly from its inception. Drawing on that history, the lab has produced a new documentary to tell some of those stories."Always/Never: The Quest for Safety, Control and Reliability" was recently released on

  • AFRL secretary wins Air Force 2015 Disability Award

    Stacy Gatling, executive secretary to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate director, is the winner of the 2015 Outstanding Department of Defense Employee with a Disability Award."I am very surprised, excited, and thankful," Gatling said.Born legally blind due to albinism,

  • Youth Center hosts theater group

    The gym at Kirtland's Youth Center turned into a menagerie of the animal kingdom Friday as 35 kids performed the play "The Jungle Book."Part of a weeklong residency by the group returned to Kirtland to put on a one-week intensive theater camp for the kids, culminating in the Friday performance. At a

  • Kirtland Airman represents AF at national pistol competition

    A full-time job in the Air Force and a family would be enough for most people. Staff Sgt. Terrence Sears of Kirtland's 705th Combat Training Squadron isn't most people.Sears, a Texas native, serves as the non-commissioned officer in charge of the Air Force's National Pistol Team, a group of Airmen

  • AFOTEC gets new commanding general

    Maj. Gen. Matthew H. Molloy assumed command of the Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center during a ceremony June 18.Molloy, the Headquarters U.S. Northern Command former deputy director of operations, replaced Maj. Gen. Scott D. West, who took command of the 9th Air and Space Expeditionary

  • New AFMC commander visits Kirtland

    New Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski visited AFMC units June 17 and 18, marking her first stop at Kirtland since taking command June 8.The general previously served at Kirtland as the director of the Airborne Laser Program from 2000 to 2005 and later commanded the Air