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  • AFRL hosts open house for community leaders

    The Air Force Research Laboratory opened up its doors to local dignitaries and community leaders during an open house event.AFRL hosted the open house to better acquaint the community with its mission and the science and technology projects the unit's scientists and engineers are working

  • AFRL secretary wins Air Force 2015 Disability Award

    Stacy Gatling, executive secretary to the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate director, is the winner of the 2015 Outstanding Department of Defense Employee with a Disability Award."I am very surprised, excited, and thankful," Gatling said.Born legally blind due to albinism,

  • New AFMC commander visits Kirtland

    New Air Force Materiel Command Commander Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski visited AFMC units June 17 and 18, marking her first stop at Kirtland since taking command June 8.The general previously served at Kirtland as the director of the Airborne Laser Program from 2000 to 2005 and later commanded the Air

  • Students take rockets to national competition

    Air Force Research Laboratory's La Luz Academy helped three local students show off their rocketry abilities near the nation's capital.The students -- Laken Baca, Cassius Saiz and Gabriel Amador from the Albuquerque Institute for Mathematics and Science -- went to the national Team America Rocketry

  • TAI, La Luz camp inspires budding aviators

    The Tuskegee Airmen Inc. Youth Aviation Camp is giving its young participants a taste of air power.The camp started Monday with 26 students, grades 7-11, taking part at Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy at Kirtland.Students learned about forces of flight, aircraft controls and more in a

  • Mission to Mars Link-Up a stellar event

    The Albuquerque Convention Center had plenty of space colonization going on Friday, with the annual Mission to Mars Link-Up Day.The event was put on by Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy. It had around 1,000 fifth-grade students from more than 30 schools putting together habitats on the

  • Openings still available in AFRL summer STEM camps

    The Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy still has openings in two of its three science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) camps that will be held in June.  DoD STARBASE New Mexico Camp for fifth and sixth grade students will be June 1-5 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. and will offer

  • AFRL redesigns mock UAV, 'Surrogate Predator'

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Surrogate Predator program has given the warfighter a way to train in the U.S. before deploying overseas.AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate at Kirtland modified a Civil Air Patrol Cessna 182 aircraft to be used for military training exercises. The Surrogate

  • AFRL mentor helps budding rocket scientists reach new heights

    A scientist from the Air Force Research Laboratory helped a group of middle school kids reach new heights in rocketry.Jacob Grosek's day job is doing computer simulation of high-power fiber lasers for AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate. He volunteered to help a group of boys from the Albuquerque

  • AFRL safety office named best in Air Force

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's safety office at Kirtland was recently named the best office of its kind in the Air Force.AFRL Philips Research Site Safety Office won the award for being the top Category 5 Group Support Unit in 2014. The office helps protect the health and safety of 2,000