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  • Leadership Pathways sees first finisher

    Kalee Dickey of the 377th Dental Squadron recently became the first person at Kirtland to complete Leadership Pathways, a program that provides opportunities for military and civilian employees to take classes to collect points and earn rewards while improving personal and professional

  • Motorcycle safety takes center stage at Kirtland

    Around 150 Airmen and civilians converged on the Base Theater Friday to learn about motorcycle safety.The event featured presentations on safety and an outdoor riding clinic by the Bernalillo County Sherriff's Department.James Rubeor, executive director of the Air Force Safety Center at Kirtland

  • Fifth graders prep for Mars Link-Up Day

    On May 8, about 1,000 fifth-grade students from more than 30 schools will build habitats and link them together to form colony neighborhoods as they take part in a massive group project at the Albuquerque Convention Center.The event is the annual Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy Mission

  • 58th SOW hosts Bring Your Kids to Work Day

    Kirtland's 58th Special Operations Wing held its annual Bring Your Kids to Work Day on April 23.The event allows those who work at the wing members to show off the 58th's aircraft, tools, equipment and facilities to their families.They saw aircraft like the HH-60 helicopter, the C-130J airplane and

  • Openings still available in AFRL summer STEM camps

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy still has openings in two of its three science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) camps that will be held in June.  DoD STARBASE New Mexico Camp for fifth and sixth grade students will be June 1-5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will offer

  • Mock court martial gives Airmen insight into sexual assault

    Not many Airmen have witnessed a court martial proceeding, and even fewer have seen one dealing with an alleged sexual assault. But an event Friday allowed Kirtland Airmen to gain insight into that process by way of a mock trial.The mock trial was held as part of a Sexual Assault Awareness and

  • Base housing volunteers pitch in at Nuclear Museum

    Buckets of paint and yard tools were hauled into the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History early Friday morning as volunteers from Kirtland Family Housing began a day of volunteer labor.Twenty-five volunteers -- all associated with Hunt Military Communities, the company that operates

  • Airman from Nepal makes the most of opportunities

    Starting out as an orphan in a very poor country like Nepal isn't the typical first step toward a successful career in the United States Air Force. But the life story and career aspirations of Senior Airman Gopal Pudasaini, an aerospace medical technician withKirtland's 377th Medical Group, aren't

  • Kirtland, civilian fireghters train to battle aircraft fires

    The Kirtland Air Force Base Fire Department joined with civilian departments on April 15 to practice battling a fire in and around a crashed aircraft.The training happens twice a year at a facility just south of the airfield, the Aircraft Rescue Fire Fighter Trainer.Inside a circular gravel pit, the

  • Community takes part in bulk fuels facility field trip

    Concerned citizens, local residents, geology buffs and students from the University of New Mexico and New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology joined local agencies engaged in cleaning up the Kirtland Bulk Fuels Facility leak April 18 to learn more about the science behind the assessment and