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  • AFRL announces three Summer STEM Camps

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy is gearing up for three science, technology, engineering and mathematics camps this summer. The Summer STEM Camps offer opportunities for students to take part in hands-on, minds-on STEM activities. They will work on projects that focus on

  • Kirtland Warrior: Tech. Sgt. Nickolas Laffen

     KIRTLAND WARRIORName: Tech. Sgt. Nickolas LaffenSquadron: Air Force Operational Test & Evaluation Center DutyTitle: NCOIC, Network OperationsHometown: Fargo, N.D.Goals: Complete his bachelor's degree in information technology security by August 2015. Once degree is achieved, Laffen plans on

  • Base to replace street, parking lights in energy savings project

    Things will be looking a little brighter on Kirtland in the months to come, as base workers will be replacing street and parking lot lights with brighter, more energy efficient bulbs.About 470 halide light fixtures on the east side of the base will be replaced with LED fixtures.  According to Susan

  • Event pays tribute to Bataan survivors

    A unique tribute to survivors of the Bataan Death March of World War II took place March 21 at White Sands Missile Range in southern New Mexico.The 26th Annual Bataan Memorial Death March is staged each year to honor the thousands of American and Filipino service members who were captured by

  • Kirtland and partners present new initiatives at fuel spill public meeting

    The Air Force Civil Engineering Center, New Mexico Environment Department and Kirtland held a community meeting March 12 at the African American Performing Arts Center here to give an update on an ongoing fuel spill cleanup at the base and in the surrounding community.The soil and groundwater

  • UNM's Air Force ROTC unit holds training at Kirtland

    An outdoor leadership laboratory put University of New Mexico's Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps members to the test on March 4 at the college's Johnson Field.Cadet Col. David Buehler, cadet commander for UNM Air Force ROTC Detachment 510, is very familiar with what the cadets feel during

  • New memorial to female veterans unveiled

    Dozens attended a brunch and ceremony to honor female veterans at the New Mexico Veterans' Memorial on Friday.Started in 1985, the ceremony commemorated the event's 30th anniversary. For the past three decades, the organization Tribute to Women in the Military has held a public commemoration on the

  • Youth Center kids make special visit

    There was no argument about the bold colors of the plastic dresses the children from Kirtland's Youth Center trotted out their March 4 fashion show at Encino Gardens, an independent living apartment complex near Kirtland.The Youth Center's Camile Ozores, who served as master of ceremonies for the

  • 58th SOW recognizes annual award winners

    The 58th Special Operations Wing recognized its 2014 annual award winners at a ceremony Feb. 21.Congratulations to this year's award recipients:Airman of the Year: Senior Airman Patricia Johnson, 58th Operations Support Squadron NCO of the Year: Tech Sgt. Christopher Grimes (58 TRS)SNCO of the Year:

  • SecAF outlines top priorities in visit to Kirtland

    In a visit to Kirtland March 9-11, Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James visited Airmen, learned more about the installation's missions and shared her top three priorities.James, who has been in her position for 15 months, said visiting bases and meeting with Airmen directly is one of the