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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

  • 512th Rescue Squadron members coordinate marathon for fallen comrade

    Members of the 58th Special Operations Wing’s 512th Rescue Squadron held a marathon run on Kirtland Air Force Base, Sept. 19, 2020, in honor of a fallen comrade and his passion for running. This year would have been the 24th running of the Air Force Marathon, but this is a first for the 512th RQS.

  • 58th TRS ‘Monster Garage’ meets challenges with innovation

    Suppose your organization is tasked with training 1,500 special mission aviation students a year, from multiple major commands, to perform their operational functions. Their academic phase of training needs to be realistic, and it should not tie up the limited number of flyable aircraft available to

  • 58th AMXS keeps aircraft mission ready

    When someone steps foot on the Kirtland flight line, they will see several air frames and countless numbers of Airmen working with those aircraft. Most of those Airmen fall under one of the three aircraft maintenance units assigned to the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. The 58th AMXS works day

  • 58th SOW hosts children from local hospital

    A cool breeze swept through the air on the flight line, but the cold weather wouldn’t match the warmth of laughter and smiles that filled area. Pairs of feet marched across the chilled pavement at a fast rate, moving to and from different aircraft to see what could be done next. These weren’t

  • Pilot to share mindfulness use at TEDx ABQ

    Lt. Col. Jannell MacAulay is many things: a pilot, a leader, a wife, a mother, an academic and a speaker at the upcoming TEDx ABQ event Sept. 9 at the Albuquerque Convention Center.