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  • CMSSF visits Guardians and Airmen at KAFB

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Space Force Roger A. Towberman meets Airmen and Guardians from the Mobile Range Flight at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., May 31, 2022. During his visit, Chief Towberman toured the MRF, met with Space Force senior leadership, hosted an all-call with Space Force Airmen and

  • AFRL officers transfer to U.S. Space Force in historic ceremony

    Joining more than 2,400 Airmen across the nation, 13 Air Force Research Laboratory officers took the oath of office Feb. 1, transferring from the U.S. Air Force to the U.S. Space Force, in an induction ceremony held at Kirtland Air Force Base. Col. Eric Felt, director of the AFRL Space Vehicles

  • AFRL researchers recognized as early career leaders

    Air Force Research Laboratory commander, Brig. Gen. Heather L. Pringle, recently announced the 2020 AFRL Fellows and the newest class of AFRL Science and Engineering Early Career Award (S&E ECA) recipients. She welcomed 11 researchers as AFRL Fellows and nine scientists and engineers for Early

  • Kirtland is an integral hub for U.S. Space Force

    Kirtland’s 52,000 acres have been referred to as a national security complex—where 108 mission partners under five different Air Force major commands, and the Departments of the Air Force and Energy, populate the mega base. Now this includes elements of the newly created sixth armed service—the