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  • Kirtland's medical group expands staff, services

    The 377th Medical Group has added multiple staff members, enabling the group to increase access and availability to its patients. The new staff members include two board certified pediatricians, one pediatric nurse practitioner, one family health physician assistant, a flight surgeon and numerous

  • AFRL summer internship program open for application

    The 2014 Air Force Research Laboratory Summer Research Internship program is open for application through Feb. 2. The program offers paid internship opportunities to undergraduate and graduate level university students, as well as upper-level high school students. Intern benefits include:ยท

  • Operation Holiday Cheer seeks donations, volunteers

    One of Kirtland's biggest charitable events of the year will take place Dec. 18, and organizers are looking for donations and volunteers to help make it a success.Operation Holiday Cheer is hosted by the base's firefighters and has been an annual holiday tradition for 35 years. The first event

  • Kirtland officer receives aviation award

    Capt. Thad Ronnau, an HH-60G helicopter instructor pilot in the 58th Special Operations Wing, received the Cheney Award in a ceremony at 9 a.m. Dec. 9 at Kirtland Air Force Base.The Cheney Award is an aviation award presented by the U.S. Air Force in memory of 1st Lt. William Cheney, who was killed

  • Tax center seeks volunteers

    Providing a place for service members to get help in filing taxes is a major base initiative, but it cannot operate without the help of volunteers.The Kirtland Income Tax Center, which provides tax filing services to eligible service members, will open Feb. 3. However, many of the volunteers from

  • Base's top organizations show appreciation to Kirtland Honor Guard

    On Veterans Day weekend, while much of the base was enjoying time off from work, members of the Kirtland Honor Guard were representing the base across the state of New Mexico at various events."We had numerous details on Veteran's Day weekend and our Airmen were eager to serve," said Master Sgt.

  • Pararescue trainees treated to Thanksgiving feast

    What started out 10 years ago with a pot of chili for a few Airmen has turned into an annual Thanksgiving feast for more than 100 pararescue trainees from the 342nd Training Squadron, Detachment 1.The event is put on by members of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Contracting Division. "We just

  • Small satellites on a big mission: Air Force launches high-tech NanoSats

    In its 60 year history, the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has successfully launched some of the largest and most sophisticated satellites ever created. On Tuesday, Nov. 19 at 8:15 p.m. EST, SMC charted a new trajectory by launching two small satellites into orbit from Wallops Island,

  • Security forces members learn crisis negotiation techniques

    Members of the 377th Security Forces Squadron have expanded their skill set with the help of a certified crisis negotiator. Lt. David Gallegos, an officer from the Bosque Farms Police Department who graduated from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's crisis negotiation course, spent a week at

  • Fuel plume milestone achieved

    A significant milestone in remediating the bulk fuel plume occurred Oct. 30 with the completion of a groundwater aquifer test. As part of the characterization phase of the fuel plume cleanup effort, more than 70,000 gallons of groundwater from the contamination zone was pulled to the surface from a