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  • RESPECT…an easy concept to promote teamwork across Kirtland

    The queen of soul Aretha Franklin wrote about a simple demand on how she wanted to be treated with “Respect” in her Grammy Award winning song of the same name in 1968. It became an anthem about getting and giving respect within our communities.However, since the COVID-19 pandemic started in 2020,

  • Kirtland tax center opens for 2023

    The Kirtland Tax Center will be opening for the 2023 tax season at the Consolidated Support Building, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, Feb. 2, 2023.

  • Air Force Wounded Warrior ambassadors visit Kirtland

    Antonio DelVecchio, Air Force Wounded Warrior Program (AFW2) ambassador, speaks to members of the 377th Security Forces Squadron about the wounded warrior program at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., on August 25, 2022. Ambassadors attend outreach engagements and other events to spread awareness of the

  • Space Rapid Capabilities Office performs Assumption of Leadership

    U.S. Space Force Gen. David D. Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations (left), presents the guidon to Dr. Kelly Hammett (right), Space Rapid Capabilities Office director and program executive officer, during an assumption of leadership ceremony at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., Aug. 12, 2022. The

  • New DTRA building wins 'Best Design Award'

    The Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA) recently won the Merit Award as Best Design 2022 from the Society of American Military Engineers. The significance of the award is to highlight sustainable and environmental designs throughout the Air Force. While garnering a major win throughout the

  • Kirtland hosts BFF open house

    Col. Jason Vattioni, 377th Air Base Wing commander, discusses the Bulk Fuels Facility Cleanup Project with Ben Mouyyad, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers technical lead, at the Groundwater Treatment Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM, July 21, 2022. The Groundwater Treatment Facility cleans ethylene

  • 576th FLTS bids farewell to outgoing commander, welcomes new commander

    Col. Jason Vattioni, 377th Air Base Wing commander (left), passes the guidon to Col. Christopher Cruise (right), 576th Flight Test Squadron incoming commander, during a change of command at Vandenberg Space Force Base, Calif., July 14, 2022. Cruise will be assuming command from Col. Omar Colbert,