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  • 58th SOW shares mission with UPT students

    Aircrew members at the 58th Special Operations Wing tend to fly under the radar, literally and figuratively.The special operations and combat rescue Airmen regarded by some as "quiet professionals" don't garner the kind of acclaim that some of the Air Force's more glamorous weapons systems do,

  • Helicopter squadron flies Tuskegee cadets

    Two helicopters from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron at Fort Rucker, Alabama, flew to Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama, April 6, to give orientation flights on TH-UH1 Hueys to 38 cadets and three cadre assigned to Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps Detachment 015, located at the

  • DTRA Reservists teach course on nuclear incident response

    Reservists based at Kirtland are teaching first responders all over the country how to respond to nuclear terrorist attacks.The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Reserve component at the Defense Nuclear Weapons School involves 32 of the 240 people who work for the agency, said Inspections and

  • 377th Medical Group partners with Women to Be

    The efforts of a group of Kirtland Airmen and their families will help empower Nepalese girls by giving them hygiene items to allow them to stay in school.Christine Glidden, who has participated in the Kirtland Air Force Base Honorary Commanders Program for six years, asked 377th Medical Group

  • Drug Demand Reduction program helps deter drug use

    Thirty-two active duty members entering Kirtland between midnight and 3 a.m. April 2 were subjected to a random urinalysis.First Sergeants and volunteers from across Team Kirtland directed vehicles at the Gibson Gate to follow road blocks leading to the base swimming pool, where every third vehicle

  • Memorial march proves emotional for Kirtland team

    A six-member team from Kirtland Air Force Base completed the Bataan Memorial Death March on March 20. The march is an annual event that honors Bataan Survivors with a 26.2-mile course hosted at White Sands Missile Range. The team, led by Wing Staff Agencies resource adviser 2nd Lt. Christian

  • First Airmen with no prior military experience tackle CEARF course

    Three Airmen who are the first service members without prior military experience to go through the Career Enlisted Aviation Rotary-Wing Fundamentals course recently graduated from the 23rd Flying Training Squadron, Fort Rucker, Alabama.Airmen 1st Class Adam Flaucher and Brandon Mathis, and Airman

  • Base needs coordinators for blood drives

    After an absence of several years, United Blood Services is again seeking donations from military personnel at Kirtland Air Force Base.Earlier in March, a memorandum of record among the 377th Medical Group, Raymond G. Murphy VA Medical Center and United Blood Services was approved to allow the

  • Kirtland Warrior: Airman 1st Class Eric Shirey

    Name: Airman 1st Class Eric ShireyUnit: 377th Comptroller SquadronDuty title: Customer serviceHometown: Kapoli, HawaiiGoals: Shirey would like to pursue his master's degree in accounting.  He would like to become a CPA and own his own accounting firm.  He'd also like to become an

  • Kirtland Airman 'forever changed' by Tops in Blue experience

    After a year away from Kirtland, Senior Airman Rashaun Carter is back performing his regular duties as an aircrew flight equipment technician with the 58th Special Operations Wing. While the job is similar to before he left, he is not."I'm forever changed by this program, for the better," Carter