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  • 58th Maintenance Group takes seven major awards in 2020

    The three groups under the 58th Special Operations Wing enjoyed a prosperous 2020. Despite the pandemic, the 58th Operations, 58th Maintenance, and 366th Training Groups produced combat-ready Airmen across six locations, ranging from Alaska to North Carolina. Particularly, the 58th Maintenance Group

  • Sen. Heinrich visits 58th SOW at Kirtland AFB

    U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich, New Mexico’s senior senator (second from right), visited the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Tuesday, April 6, 2021. Heinrich visited the simulator for the wing’s new HH-60W “Jolly Green II’ combat search and rescue helicopter, and then

  • The 377th Air Base Wing: 55 years of service

    This week marks the 55th birthday of the 377th Air Base Wing. While residents and workers at Kirtland Air Force Base are aware of the 377 ABW’s current role in providing support to the installation, its tenant units and mission partners, and the nuclear enterprise, the wing itself has a very

  • The Origins of Kirtland Air Force Base

    Eighty years ago this week, the U.S. Army Air Corps officially named a military aircraft depot just southeast of downtown Albuquerque as “Albuquerque Army Air Base.” The depot had been used as an “Airway Station” and maintenance facility since late 1939, for aircraft being sent to Great Britain

  • Team Kirtland career assistance advisor receives AF award

    A senior noncommissioned officer assigned to the 377th Force Support Squadron at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., has been selected as the 2020 Air Force Higher Headquarters Command & Control Operations Headquarters Senior NCO of the Year, a functional award for the career field.

  • Kirtland AFB Fire Department selected as AF Large FD of the year

    After being named the Air Force Global Strike Command Large Fire Department of the Year for 2020, the 377th Air Base Wing’s Fire Emergency Services Branch at Kirtland AFB has been selected as the U.S. Air Force’s Chief Master Sgt. Ralph E. Sanborn Fire Department of the Year (Large Base) for 2020.

  • My Experience at Inter-American Squadron Officer School

    I had the incredible honor and privilege to attend Inter-American Squadron Officer School (ISOS) in the fall of 2020. It was an experience that forever changed my perspective on the U.S. Air Force, and my role as a Hispanic officer and leader. ISOS taught me about the interplay between the USAF and