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  • Kirtland Warrior: Staff Sgt. Nicole Joens

    Name: Staff Sgt. Nicole JoensSquadron:  58th Aircraft Maintenance SquadronDuty Title:  NCOIC, Unit Personnel ProgramsHometown: El Paso, TexasGoals: Joens' long term goal is to be the best mother she can be to her kids.  Additionally, she wants to outrank her father, who is a USAF veteran.

  • Honor Guardsman Spotlight: Senior Airman Matthew Ripple

    Name: Senior Airman Matthew RippleUnit: 58th Operations Support SquadronDuty Title: Air Transportation/Aerial Delivery Specialist Job Description: Rig cargo and parachutes to support  the training of the 58 SOW loadmasters, pilots, and navigators.Hometown: Las Vegas, NevadaCareer Goals: To one day

  • Kirtland Warrior: Senior Airman Raymond Meier

    Name: Senior Airman Raymond MeierUnit: 377th Security Forces SquadronDuty Title: Base Defense Operations Center ControllerHometown: Brawley, CaliforniaGoals: His short term goal is to graduate from the CCAF in criminal justice, promote to the rank of staff sergeant and become a civilian law

  • Honor Guardsman Spotlight: Senior Airman Rashad Stovall

    Name: Senior Airman Rashad A StovallUnit:- 377th Dental SquadronDuty Title: Dental TechnicianJob Description: Providing patients with top notch customer service whilesending them home with the cleanest most gentle cleaning they've everexperiencedHometown: Sandusky, OhioCareer Goals: Complete

  • Battle of the Battleships is back for another race

    Mirror, mirror on the wall. Who on Kirtland Air Force Base has the best battleship of them all?For the third year Kirtland will get to experience Battle of the Battleships on Aug. 5. The friendly competition is about a team of two- to –four people building a battleship out of only cardboard and duct

  • Wellness Expo to offer services from health tests to massages

    A coming expo addresses each aspect of healthy living.The third annual Kirtland Air Force Base Wellness Expo is set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. July 28 in the 150th Special Operations Wing main hangar, Building 1043, on Randolph Avenue. It includes about 70 vendors representing on- and off-base health

  • Safeguarding your digital footprint

    Social media is a great resource for Airmen and their families to share information and stay connected to relatives at home and abroad.Although many depend on these wonderful tools, recent events have encouraged us to re-evaluate our digital footprint to ensure our personal and professional

  • Green Knights plan ride to Fort Craig

    Join the Green Knights Motorcycle Club, Chapter 102, on a ride Saturday, May 4, to the Fort Craig National Historic Site. The fort, established in 1854, was important in the Indian campaigns and the Civil War. It was home to the "Buffalo Soldiers" of the Ninth Cavalry, the 38th and 125th Infantries,

  • This week in history - April 15, 1952: B-52 first flight

    The Air Force issued requirement for a new strategic bomber in November 1945. Boeing won the contract bid June 5, 1946. The B-52 design evolved from a straight-wing aircraft powered by six turboprop engines to the final prototype B-52s with eight turbojet engines. Two prototypes were constructed.

  • Bowling for AFAF dollars

    The Kirtland AFB Top 3 sponsored a bowling tournament March 22 to raise money for the Air Force Assistance Fund. The event raised $406, with the FSO Car Bombers taking first place and the 377th Aerospace Medicine Squadron team coming in a close second. The AFAF campaign has been extended for two