• NASIC wins Air Force Organizational Excellence Award

    The National Air and Space Intelligence Center has been formally recognized by the Secretary of the Air Force Personnel Council, on behalf of the Secretary of the Air Force, granting NASIC commendation with the 2013-2014 Air Force Organizational Excellence Award.NASIC qualified for the award by

  • Area doctor selected for defense committee

    Dr. Kristy Anderson, a Beavercreek physician, was appointed by Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter to the Defense Advisory Committee on Women in the Services March 11 in Arlington, Virginia.According to its website, the committee--nicknamed DACOWITS--was established by then Secretary of Defense,

  • Information Directorate chief engineer earns top award

    The newly appointed chief engineer for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Information Directorate will receive an Engineer of the Year award during the 65th annual Mohawk Valley Technical Awards banquet April 23 in New York Mills, New York.The Mohawk Valley Engineers Executive Council is

  • USAFSAM prepares for arrival of new C-17 trainer

    The 711th Human Performance Wing's U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine (711 HPW/USAFSAM) is receiving a new C-17 trainer for its Flight Nurse, Aeromedical Evacuation Technician (FN/AET), AMC's Formal Training Unit (FTU), and Critical Care Air Transport Teams (CCATT) training courses. The

  • Second lieutenant inspired by general

    Second Lt. Matthew Ruden didn't always plan to stay in the Air Force, but he plans to stay now.Ruden, an acquisitions manager for the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's F-15 division, will be promoted to 1st Lieutenant on May 1, with Maj. Gen. Tom Masiello, Air Force Research Laboratory

  • AFRL Safety Office Named Best in Air Force

    The Air Force Research Laboratory's safety office at Kirtland was recently named the best office of its kind in the Air Force.AFRL Philips Research Site Safety Office won the award for being the top Category 5 Group Support Unit in 2014. The office helps protect the health and safety of 2,000

  • Brothers with Kirtland Ties Get Big AF Promotions

    Identical twin brothers with ties to Kirtland's Air Force Research Laboratory -- one active-duty, the other civilian -- got big promotions at nearly the same time.Brig. Gen. William Cooley, who has served at Kirtland twice, was promoted to the one-star rank on March 1.His twin, Thomas Cooley, was