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  • Nuclear museum wants STEM to take root

    Crowds arrived early on Saturday at the National Museum of Nuclear Science and History near Kirtland for their Discover STEM Day, where many local organizations demonstrated science, technology, engineering and math for Albuquerque youth and their families.Hands-on activities designed to stimulate

  • Navy veteran becomes avid weightlifter

    Most people who put more than three decades of their life into a military career would choose to retire and take it easy.Not so for Mike Shannon, a retired Navy captain with 34 years as an emergency trauma nurse in the service. A competitive powerlifter, his training schedule has him sweating at

  • MVC is home to pair of special landscape paintings

    Kirtland's Mountain View Club is home to two pieces of serious art.The club has two landscape paintings by Wilson Hurley, an icon of American landscape painting who died in 2008.The paintings date back to the 1960s, according to Stuart Purviance, executive director of the Kirtland Partnership

  • Monster Garage wins award, saves money

    With a little ingenuity and a lot of elbow grease, the 58th Training Squadron's Trainer Development Flight, the "Monster Garage," is saving the Air Force millions of dollars.The fabricators were given an Air Force Productivity Excellence award for 2014 at the Air Education and Training Command level

  • Military, Police dogs train together

    The Albuquerque Police Department and 377th Security Forces K-9 handlers are working together to improve training for both groups.APD and Kirtland law enforcement trained their dogs together on Jan. 21 at an old library, currently not in use, near the intersection of Gibson and Wyoming boulevards.

  • Binding material to save Osprey engines

    Kirtland's 58th Special Operations Wing has a plan to mitigate aircraft engine damage that happens during training missions using a biodegradable binding material at practice landing zones.TerraLOC -- described to officials at the 58th SOW as "Gorilla Glue on steroids" by its manufacturer -- binds

  • Team Kirtland 4th Quarter Award winners

    Congratulations to the winners of the Team Kirtland fourth quarter awards.These winners were recognized at an awards ceremony Jan. 29 at the Mountain View Club:Dorm of the Quarter - Airman 1st Class Nichole Stienborn, 58th SOW, and Airman 1st Class Julian Salazar, AFNWC Honor Guard of the Quarter -

  • Fitness Center renovation brings new equipment

    Visitors to Kirtland's East Fitness Center may have noticed a few trailers, renovations and other activities.The center is getting updates that will not only maximize use of available space, but should make the center's visitors happy, according to Denis Hansard, chief of the sustainment flight for

  • Thunderbird Inn an Air Force model of efficiency

    Kirtland's military dining facility, the Thunderbird Inn, is a familiar haunt for many Airmen. But behind the serving lines, salad bar and seating area is an industry-leading commitment to efficiency.The eatery primarily serves Kirtland's enlisted personnel, especially those in base dormitories. It

  • AFRL announces winners of student satellite competition

    Students representing 10 universities competed in Albuquerque, New Mexico this week for the chance to send a satellite they designed and built into space. The competition was held through the Air Force Research Laboratory's Space Vehicles Directorate University Nanosat Program.The winners:1st place