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  • Spouse earns annual AFMC award

    Patricia Sulham, wife of Major Clifford Sulham, has been named the 2012 AFMC Connie Yates Spouse of the Year. Sulham will compete at the Air Force level for the prestigious Joan Orr Spouse of the Year award. She volunteers as a key spouse for Air Force Research Laboratory.The Key Spouse program is

  • Team AFRL researchers bridge the science gap

    Nine Air Force Research Laboratory scientists and engineers spent the last week of 2011 volunteering as teachers, tutors and motivators in an Albuquerque, N.M. program for middle school and high school students called "AfterMath Camp."The science, technology, engineering and mathematics education

  • AFRL predicts space weather

    Similar to forecasting the weather on Earth, predicting the space environment, especially its effects on Air Force operations and systems, can be challenging.Developing accurate physics-based models to support technology exploiting the space environment can also be a daunting endeavor.For personnel

  • AFRL first lieutenants selected for promotion

    Eleven first lieutenants from the Air Force Research Laboratory were recently selected for promotion to captain. They are: Stephen BumpKyle DufaudGregory FertigScott KellyRobert LakeMatthew LeinesShon NealGregory PedinottiAlexander SmithAdam StookeGrant Thomas

  • Students launch rockets into the sky

    Students from nine New Mexico schools launched 23 rockets Oct. 25 more than 2,000 feet into the sky. Teams assembled at the Albuquerque Rocket Society's launch site in Rio Rancho. The sixth- and seventh-grade students are part of the Air Force Research Laboratory La Luz Academy's Technology

  • Officials announce restructuring

    Air Force officials announced several adjustments to the civilian workforce. In response to direction from the Secretary of Defense for DOD to stop civilian growth above fiscal year 2010 levels and the need to add 5,900 positions against the Air Force's top priorities, the Air Force eliminated

  • ‘Bill Nye the Science Guy’ visits Kirtland

    During its five-year run on the Public Broadcasting System in the 1990s, the program "Bill Nye the Science Guy" earned 18 Emmy awards and notoriety for its host who wanted the show to get youth around the world excited about science.Several members of the television series' viewing audience heeded

  • Team Kirtland passes nine inspections

    More than 90 inspectors conducted nine synchronized inspections here, including an OperationalReadiness Inspection, from Sept. 8 to 20. The Air Force Materiel Command Inspector GeneralTeam evaluated the installation's capability toperform its wartime missions and react to multiple crisis situations.

  • Kirtland AFB names honorary commanders

    Twenty-one Albuquerque community leaders were recognized at the annual Honorary Commanders Assumption of Command Ceremony Aug. 19 at the Mountain View Club. The four new honoraries were inducted as honorary commanders and six honorees were reassigned to new units.Since 1995, honorary commanders have

  • AFRL lends artifacts to museums

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate entered an education partnership agreement Aug. 4. with two museums. Dr. David Hardy, director of AFRL's Directed Energy Directorate, along with Dr. Patrick Lopez, Explora executive director, and Timothy G. Wahlberg, Evergreen