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Facts about the city
Kirtland Air Force Base (IATA: ABQ, ICAO: KABQ) is a United States Air Force base 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. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.Kirtland AFB is the third largest installation in Air Force Materiel Command and sixth largest in the 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. Kirtland AFB’s economic impact for 2000 on the City of Albuquerque was over $2.7 billion,Kirtland is the home of the Air Force Materiel Command's Nuclear Weapons Center (NWC). The NWC's responsibilities include acquisition, modernization and sustainment of nuclear system programs for both the Department of Defense and Department of Energy.The NWC is composed of two wings–the 377th Air Base Wing and 498th Nuclear Systems Wing–along with ten groups and 7 squadrons.Kirtland is home to the 58th Special Operations Wing (58 SOW), an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) unit that provides formal aircraft type/model/series training. The 58 SOW operates the MC-130H Combat Talon II, HC-130P/N King, HC-130J, MC-130J, UH-1N Huey, HH-60G Pave Hawk and CV-22 Osprey aircraft. Headquarters, Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center is also located at Kirtland AFB.The 150th Special Operations Wing of the New Mexico Air National Guard, an Air Combat Command (ACC)-gained unit, is also home-based at Kirtland.
Kirtland AFB Obituaries
History
Kirtland Air Force Base is a minor United States Air Force base located in the southeast quadrant of Albuquerque, New Mexico New Mexico,adjacent to the Albuquerque International Sunport. Previous names of Kirtland Air Force Base were: * Albuquerque Army Air Base, March 8, 1941 * Kirtland Army Air Field, February 24, 1942. The base was named for the early Army aviator Col. The military and the international airport share the same runways, making ABQ a joint civil-military airport.
Kirtland Air Force Base was named for Colonel Roy C. Recalled from retirement in 1941 at the age of 65, the oldest military pilot in the Air Corps, he died of a heart attack on May 2, 1941 at Moffett Federal Airfield Field, California.
The official website for the city of Kirtland AFB is https://www.kirtland.af.mil/.
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