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  • Holocaust survivor, soldier tell stories

    Andy Holten survived the Holocaust as a child because of his parents' determination and the courage of strangers. The rest of his family wasn't so fortunate.Holten was among the speakers at the Holocaust Remembrance event May 5, Holocaust Memorial Day, in the Air Force Operational Test and

  • 58th SOW Airmen share training, first station

    Two of Team Kirtland's newest Airmen met each other for the first time in the recruiter's office in Orlando, Florida, completed training together and are now assigned to the same duty station."Neither I or the first sergeant have heard of something like this happening before, that two people go

  • AFRL's Mission to Mars program takes flight

    Thirty-seven schools and 1,048 fifth graders recently simulated life on Mars and built their own life support systems. The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy Mission to Mars program celebrated its 22nd year on April 22. Students from across New Mexico gathered at the Albuquerque Convention

  • Base celebrates 75th anniversary with banquet, golf

    Whether swing dancing, swinging a golf club or just getting in the swing of an evening out, Kirtland Air Force Base personnel and community partners celebrated the base's 75th anniversary with a golf tournament and banquet Saturday."History makes you smarter, but heritage makes you prouder," said

  • AFRL La Luz rocket team heading back to nationals

    Qualification for nationals in the Team America Rocketry Challenge no easy feat.However, a team of eighth-graders at the Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy at Kirtland Air Force Base has done it -- twice."I feel really lucky to be with these groups of kids," said team mentor Jacob

  • AFSEC trains international flight safety officers

    Twenty-two people from 15 nations have been learning how to make aviation safer and figure out what went wrong in aircraft mishaps at Kirtland Air Force Base.The Air Force Security Assistance Training Program International Flight Safety Officer Course, run by the Air Force Safety Center (AFSEC),

  • AFRL’s Directed Energy Directorate introduces new director

    Dr. Kelly Hammett was welcomed as the new director of the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate at a ceremony at the AFRL Conference Center April 25. He was also promoted to the Senior Executive Service at the ceremony."It's with a sense of humility and honor that I'm here,"

  • Youth Center kids learn gardening skills

    Cries of "Eww!" and "Cool!" ring across the playground at every worm unearthed during the Kirtland Air Force Base Youth Center's annual planting of the garden.Youth center drama teacher Jean Sucher is responsible for the garden club. Every year, she teaches kids how to grow fruits, vegetables and

  • Airmen go inside sexual assault case as actors in mock trial

    The sexual assault mock trial, conducting a final performance Friday at 1 p.m. at the Phillips Conference Center, is designed to make the topic of sexual assault real for the audience. People attending are even asked to play jurors and vote on a conviction or acquittal after the trial. But whether