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  2. Kirtland Air Force Base - Wikipedia

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    Kirtland AFB is the largest installation in Air Force Global Strike Command and sixth largest in the United States Air Force. The base occupies 51,558 acres and employs over 23,000 people, including more than 4,200 active duty and 1,000 Guard, plus 3,200 part-time Reserve personnel. [3]

  3. Kirtland Underground Munitions Maintenance and Storage ...

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    KUMMSC is the largest storage facility for nuclear weapons in the world. [1] The complex, which opened in 1992, is located on a 54-acre site at Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States, under the control of the Air Force Global Strike Command [1] It is operated by the 898th Munitions Squadron (898 MUNS) and the 377th ...

  4. Sandia Base - Wikipedia

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    Sandia Base was located at about 35° 02' 25" N, 106° 32' 59" W at an elevation 5,394 feet (1,644 m) above sea level. It was in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, bounded roughly by Louisiana Boulevard SE and Kirtland Air Force Base on the west, and Eubank Avenue SE and the Sandia Mountains on the east, and Isleta Pueblo lands on the south.

  5. National Museum of Nuclear Science & History - Wikipedia

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    The museum was initially sited in 1969 on the grounds of Sandia Base (now Kirtland Air Force Base) in an old 90 mm anti-aircraft gun repair facility, and named "Sandia Atomic Museum". [6] It was the result of a six-year effort to establish a museum to tell the story of the base and the development of nuclear weapons.

  6. Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center - Wikipedia

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    Emblem of the USAF Special Weapons Center. The Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center (AFNWC) is a USAF Named Unit, assigned to the Air Force Materiel Command at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The AFNWC operates at the Center level of the AFMC. It is currently under the command of Major General John P. Newberry.

  7. Sandia National Laboratories - Wikipedia

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    sandia.gov. Sandia National Laboratories (SNL), also known as Sandia, [5] is one of three research and development laboratories of the United States Department of Energy 's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA). [6] Headquartered in Kirtland Air Force Base in Albuquerque, New Mexico, it has a second principal facility next to Lawrence ...

  8. 58th Special Operations Wing - Wikipedia

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    The 58th Special Operations Wing (58 SOW) is a combat unit of the United States Air Force stationed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. The 58 SOW is part of the Air Education and Training Command (AETC) Nineteenth Air Force. The 58 SOW serves as the premier training site for Air Force special operations and combat search and rescue aircrews.

  9. 705th Combat Training Squadron - Wikipedia

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    705th Combat Training Squadron emblem (Approved 15 March 2004)[1] The 705th Combat Training Squadron is a United States Air Force unit located at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico. It is assigned to the 505th Combat Training Group and conducts live, virtual, constructive exercises at all levels of operation.