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  • New Mexico Airmen climb Wheeler Peak

    A team of 18 Airmen representing Kirtland and Holloman Air Force Bases recently climbed Wheeler Peak as part of the 50 Summits Challenge. The 50 Summits Challenge launched in May with the goal of promoting camaraderie and personal resiliency among Airmen by encouraging teams to carry the Air Force

  • Balloonists bring joy, wonder to children on base

    No one avoided talking about the giant, pink elephant at Hardin Field. In fact, it was the only thing the children from the Child Development Center on Gibson wanted to discuss.Nelly-B, a special shape balloon, and its crew were on base Friday morning. Paige Stubbs, the assistant director for the

  • Sandia team shows off work in solar power

    Sandia National Laboratories recently gave a glimpse of future uses of solar power.Vipin Gupta, co-lead of Sandia's Materials, Devices and Energy Technologies division, recently spoke at TEDx ABQ, the local incarnation of TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talks. The presentations -- which

  • Pararescue rodeo gets back to basics

    The term "rodeo" is typically associated with cattle and cowboys. Unless you're in the Air Force.In the Air Force world, "rodeo" means a competition that tests skill-sets between similar career fields. Unless you're a pararescuemen.In the pararescue community, the term "rodeo" means jump out of

  • Members of legendary squadron visit Kirtland

    The 339th Fighter Squadron Association -- made up of retired members of a legendary Air Force squadron -- visited Kirtland Sept. 24 as part of its 33rd reunion at a hangar near the 58th Special Operations Wing Headquarters at Kirtland.The reunion, which was Sept. 23 to 25, included an up-close

  • Airmen sink spare time in duct tape boat

    It took a big cardboard box, a half-dozen determined Airmen and about 10 rolls of duct tape.That's according to Staff Sgt. Colin Hinkly of the 898th Munitions Squadron. He and a few fellow Airmen are entering Kirtland's first Battle of the Battleships, which will be held Friday at the indoor pool.

  • Local Navy League council reaches out to Kirtland

    Getting Kirtland Airmen interested in joining the New Mexico Council of the Navy League of the United States might sound like a tall order.But given that the chapter successfully put together a grassroots effort to convince the Navy to name a ship for its state, overcoming the differences between

  • Injured Idaho hiker rescued by 58th SOW crews at Fairchild

    Fairchild Airmen rescued a 36-year-old female rock climber Sept. 20 near Priest Lake, Idaho, after she suffered injuries to her face, lower leg and foot.The victim, Ammi Midstokke, had just summited the west side of Chimney Rock and was making her way across the Talus Fields on the afternoon of

  • New commander takes helm of 150th Special Operations Wing

    The 150th Special Operations Wing of the New Mexico Air National Guard has a new wing commander.Col. Robert Reyner is took the reins from Col. Clark Highstrete. Highstrete assumed command of the wing last year and served in the position for 18 months, leading the 150th into a new era as it was

  • Kirtland honors Vietnam veterans at 50th anniversary ceremony

    About 70 Vietnam veterans were recognized and honored at a Kirtland luncheon Sept. 18 at the Mountain View Club.The red carpet was rolled out to welcome veterans of the Vietnam War, and members of the Blue Star Mothers organization lined both sides of the carpet and greeted the veterans with