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Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base. It is located in the southeast quadrant of the Albuquerque, New Mexico, urban area, adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. Roy C. Kirtland. [2]
New Air Force standards caused the 66th Air Base Wing, because of its size, to be redesignated the 66th Air Base Group. [2] In June 2011, the Air Force Research Laboratory Sensors Directorate moved from Hanscom to Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, and the Space Vehicles Directorate moved to Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, closing more than 60 ...
Pararescue Apprentice Course, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico (22 weeks) This is the culmination of approximately two years of pararescue training. This course includes field medical care and tactics, mountaineering , shooting, combat tactics, advanced parachuting, and helicopter insertion/extraction qualifications.
The establishment of Kirtland Air Force Base in 1939, Sandia Base in the early 1940s, and Sandia National Laboratories in 1949, would make Albuquerque a key player of the Atomic Age. Meanwhile, the city continued to expand outward into the Northeast Heights, reaching a population of 201,189 by 1960 per the U.S. Census.
The personnel halting and stimulation response rifle (PHASR) is a prototype non-lethal laser dazzler developed by the Air Force Research Laboratory's Directed Energy Directorate, U.S. Department of Defense. [1] Its purpose is to temporarily disorient and blind a target.
Langley Air Force Base, Joint Base Langley-Eustis, Virginia, U.S. Air Education and Training Command (AETC) [129] Lt Gen Brian S. Robinson: Randolph Air Force Base, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command (AFGSC) [130] Gen Thomas A. Bussiere: Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC ...
On May 10, 1972, a peaceful sit-in protest near Kirtland Air Force Base led to the arrest of thirty-five people and was pushed back to UNM, leading to eight more arrests. The following day, tear gas was used against hundreds of demonstrators on campus and the situation continued to deteriorate, leading the university to declare a state of ...