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  • Kirtland wrestler qualifies for World Team Trials

    Thanks to an excellent showing at the Armed Forces Wrestling Championship, a Kirtland officer qualified to compete in the World Team Trials.1st Lt. Brandon Mueller, a physicist with the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicles Directorate, captured two second place medals representing the Air

  • AFRL engineer develops satellite technology

    A little girl’s curiosity has carried her into a career working on satellite technology as an adult.Space systems engineer Millay Petersen has worked at the Air Force Research Laboratory on Kirtland Air Force Base for the past 12 years, supporting both the Space Vehicles and Directed Energy

  • AFRL patriot retires after 44 years of service

    Robert Clougherty began his military service at age 17 and had no idea it would became a 44-year career filled with many fond memories and friendships.On March 9 at the Air Force Research Laboratory on Kirtland Air Force Base, many of his colleagues and friends shared in an event celebrating his 44

  • Kirtland team zaps drones at Commander's Challenge

    Drones have long been a safety concern for the U.S. military, with great reason, as Islamic State militants are confirming.According to several news sources from the Washington Post and the New York Times, the Islamic State has been using consumer-model drones to drop explosives on Iraqi forces.How

  • Kirtland hosts Industry Day for Enhanced Use Lease

    Base leadership joined officials from the Air Force Civil Engineer Center and interested private developers for an Industry Day here Jan. 11, with a focus on the Enhanced Use Lease program. EUL allows Air Force installations to make non-excess real property available for public- and private-sector

  • AFRL, UNM collaborate to mentor undergrads

    The Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base and the University of New Mexico have established a successful UNM+AFRL Mentoring program that promises benefits to the community and the nation.The program matches UNM undergraduate students with AFRL scientists and engineers, military or

  • AFRL engineer finds a way to stop IEDs

    To inspire current and future Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers, a Kirtland Air Force Base researcher recently told his story of taking his own technology into combat.Jeff Heggemeier of the AFRL Directed Energy Directorate was one of six speakers at the second-annual AFRL