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  • CAP launches ballooning program

    The New Mexico wing of the Civil Air Patrol trained for its new hot-air balloon program on Sunday at Balloon Fiesta Park in the North Valley.CAP recently received a charter for the training, making the local CAP wing one of the only groups nationwide that trains for ballooning. At around 7 a.m. that

  • Chapel serves as resource for Vedic followers

    The chapel at Kirtland serves as a sanctuary of spiritual growth for many Airmen. But while many Airmen attend Catholic and Protestant services, others turn to the chapel for Vedic, referred to by many as Hindu, services and education. Steve "Yogi" Brown, a native of India and employee of Kirtland's

  • Rapper carries values beyond Air Force career

    Even though Staff Sgt. Luther Lewis had plenty of opportunities to go astray, he's always kept his head up and followed his dreams. Lewis will finish out a nine-year career with the Air Force on Sept. 29. He served for a year at Kirtland as a non-commissioned officer in charge of customer service,

  • Secretary Ferguson visits with local officials about fuel spill

    Kathleen Ferguson, acting assistant secretary of the Air Force for installations, environment and logistics, traveled to Albuquerque and Santa Fe this week to discuss cleanup efforts for Kirtland's fuel spill. Her two-day visit included an in-depth tour of the fuel spill site, as well as meetings

  • New organization helps disabled veterans through music

    As veterans of Afghanistan, Iraq and other wars can attest, not all injuries from combat can be seen. That's why Robert Mitchell, a local veteran, launched Full Battle Rattle, an organization designed to help disabled veterans using music therapy.Mitchell, a Dallas native, knows a lot about those

  • Kirtland begins work on spill treatment method

    Kirtland is in the process of testing a new fuel spill cleanup measure as a part its ongoing remediation efforts.This method, known as "air sparging," is a process that introduces air to the groundwater to assist in removal of fuel contaminants.Its installation and location is being done at the

  • AFRL officer bound for Harvard

    1st Lt. Curtis Christensen, who works at the Air Force Research Laboratory Directed  Energy Directorate's Satellite Assessment Center, was recently accepted to Harvard Business School to pursue a master of business administration degree starting this fall.The United States Air Force Academy is

  • AFNWC officers to compete in international swimming competition

    A Team Kirtland officer and former member of the Air Force Academy swim team will soon dive into competition again, representing both the Air Force and Kirtland in the 2014 Allied Air Component Command Headquarters swimming championships.2nd Lt. Haley Holcombe, a developmental engineer in the Air

  • CSAF, CMSAF visit Kirtland

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Chief of Staff of the Air Force, and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody recently spent several days at Kirtland touring facilities and meeting with Airmen. "We are here for one primary reason, and that's to say 'thank you,'" he said at one of his all calls. "Thank

  • Lessons from engineering competition could help save lives

    The Air Force Research Laboratory recently held its third annual AFRL Collegiate and Service Academy Engineering Design Competition. Seventeen universities and three service academies participated in the event, which was held at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex located on Arnold Air Force