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  • Bulk fuels facility a cleaner, safer storage solution

    Dramatic improvements have been made to the Kirtland Air Force Base Bulk Fuels Storage area.The $11.5 million system, completed in April 2011, has an extensive series of safeguards to protect against fuel leaks and track all the gas that enters or exits the facility, according to Charles

  • 377th SFS to enforce no texting laws

    New Mexico recently passed a law that makes texting while driving illegal all across the state, and the 377th Security Forces Squadron will be strictly enforcing the law."It should not be a big surprise on base, as there has been Department of Defense guidance in place for several years," said Monte

  • Kirtland officer receives Distinguished Flying Cross

    Capt. R.J. Donaldson of the 58th Training Squadron received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony March 3 at Kirtland Air Force Base.The Distinguished Flying Cross is a military decoration awarded to any officer or enlisted member of the U.S. Armed Forces who distinguishes himself or

  • NASA astronaut has AFRL Kirtland connection

    Col. Michael Hopkins recently skyrocketed into fame when he performed a series of spacewalks as a crew member on the International Space Station.In 1993, Hopkins was a second lieutenant reporting to his first duty station at the Phillips Laboratory, a predecessor to today's Air Force Research

  • AFRL scientist recognized for his work

    Dr. Matthew Squires, a scientist in the cold atom lab at the Air Force Research Laboratory, and his coworkers are daring to go where no one else in the Department of Defense has gone before.Recently, Squires, Spence Olson and Bryan Kasch have created a Bose-Einstein condensate. "I believe that we're

  • Kirtland hosts exercise in virtual battlespace

    Virtual Flag 14-2 begins Feb. 21, and participants will take part in the seven-day large force composite exercise in a virtual battlespace that merges tactical- and operational-level training.Maj. Joseph Michaelson, exercise director, said the exercise helps prepare warfighters for combat situations

  • AFRL research leads to bigger telescopes

    Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic, wrote British author Arthur C. Clarke.That quote could easily describe adaptive optics, technology that was pushed forward at Kirtland's Air Force Research Laboratory. And it's a technology that universities, private astronomers

  • National campaign promotes oral hygiene among children

    February is National Children's Dental Health Month, and members of the 377th Dental Squadron will be visiting child development classrooms across the base to spread the dental message to young kids.Dental Health Month is an annual event sponsored by the American Dental Association to promote

  • Ceremony recognizes 58th SOW annual award winners

    During an annual awards ceremony Feb. 8 at the Albuquerque Marriott Pyramid, members of the 58th Special Operations Wing were recognized for their contributions to the wing.Congratulations to the following winners:58th Operations Group Airman of the Year - Airman 1st Class Megan Lenz (58th

  • Kirtland sergeant saves man from choking

    The first time Tech. Sgt. Martelli Major performed the Heimlich maneuver outside of training, he saved a man's life.Major, who works in the 58th Maintenance Group, was attending a leadership course in October at the Robert D. Gaylor NCO Academy in San Antonio when he came across a dire situation."My