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  • January

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- (L-R): Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry; John Fleck, Albuquerque Journal; Walter Migdal, project manager with the Albuquerque District; Diane Agnew, Shaw Environmental & Infrastructure Group visit during the Mayor's tour of the newly upgraded fuel plume remediation equipment Jan. 23 at the base's bulk fuel facility site.

    Mayor tours fuel site

    KIRTLAND AFB, N.M. -- Albuquerque Mayor Richard J. Berry toured the newly upgraded fuel plume remediation equipment Jan. 23 at the base's bulk fuel facility site.

  • October

    Albuquerque District’s Ordnance and Explosive Safety Expert Steve Carpenter is called to look at some debris at the site. Carpenter is part of the Corps’ team on hand to monitor project activity.

    District Cleans Up Weapons Disposal Site at Kirtland

    The Air Force identifies old or unneeded munitions and small arms that need disposed of at sites like the 165-acre Open Burn and Open Detonation site on Kirtland Air Force Base, created in the 1950s. In 2010, when the Air Force decided to close the site, initiating a mandatory cleanup required by regulation, they turned to the Corps.
  • Participants in the groundbreaking ceremony for the new dorm were (L to R): Tech. Sgt. Matthew Smith, Airman 1st Class Samantha Crenshaw, Command Chief Master Sgt. Paul Henderson, Airman 1st Class Andrew Athanasiadis, and Airman 1st Class Kyle Riess.

    Corps Awards Contracts for Cannon Expansion

    District Project Manager Joe Almers and others attended a ground breaking ceremony for a new, 96-person dormitory at Cannon Air Force Base, in Clovis, N.M., Aug. 27, which is one of several Corps’ projects that are part of the base’s expansion. The increase in people and planes require new housing and new maintenance facilities, and the District awarded several contracts in fiscal year 2012 to accommodate those needs.

  • September

    Kirtland to get New Nuclear Weapons Sustainment Center

    District personnel are overseeing the design work on a project to build a new Nuclear Weapons Sustainment Center at Kirtland Air Force Base.

  • April

    Holloman AFB, New Meixco - Hangar 500 was given a shiny, new epoxy floor as part of its renovation.

    Hangar Nearly Complete at Holloman

    The Albuquerque District has a robust military construction (MILCON) program with work occurring at three Air Force bases in New Mexico.
  • KIRTLAND AFB, N.M.,- Pictured (left to right): John Garcia, director of economic development, City of Albuquerque; Thomas Berardinelli, director of staff, 377th Air Base Wing; John Moreno, chief of Engineering and Construction, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Roger Newell, veterans affairs liaison, City of Albuquerque; Col. Carol P. Welsch, acting director, Space Development and Test Directorate; and Leah Moran, wife of Col. Moran, director, Space Development and Test Directorate, who is deployed to Afghanistan.

    Kirtland Gets More Room for Space Development and Test

    Members of the District joined Kirtland Air Force Base leadership, public officials and many others in a celebration March 15 for the completion of new building 415a for research. The project is a two-story, open storage building that will support the mission of the base’s Space Development and Test Directorate.

  • February

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M., -- Conducting the ceremony (L to R): Col. James Cardoso, 58th Special Operations Wing Commander; Mr. Tony Frese, Lockheed Martin; Col. John Kubinec, 377 Air Base Wing Commander; Lt. Col. Jason Williams, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.

    Ceremony Celebrates Simulator Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base

    Albuquerque District Commander Lt. Col. Jason Williams joined officials from Kirtland Air Force Base Jan. 19 to conduct a ribbon-cutting to celebrate a new addition to a facility that will house HC/MC-130 aircraft simulators.

  • May

    Included in the ribbon-cutting (L to R): Mr. Donald Greenwood, president of construction, Burns & McDonnell Corporation; Lt. Col. David Hornyak, vice commander, 377th Air Base Wing; Mr. John Garcia, chairman of the Kirtland Partnership Committee; Col. Daniel Morin, vice commander, Air Force Research Lab; U.S. Representative Martin Heinrich; Col. William Cooley, director, Space Vehicles; Dr. Joel Mozer, associate chief, Battlespace Environment Division; Lt. Col. Jason Williams, Albuquerque District Commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers; Mr. Brent Wilson, base civil engineer, Kirtland Air Force Base.

    Corps Ensures Lab Built to Fulfill Air Force’s Needs

    A contract the Corps awarded in 2008 for the construction of a 145,000 square foot Battlespace Environment Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base was seen to fruition, and the structure, which cost nearly $60 million, was officially opened for business April 21.

  • March

    Lt. Col. Williams observed the progress of the well drilling on Kirtland Mar. 1.

    Corps Contributes to Investigatory Efforts at Base

    The Air Force, USACE, Air Force Center for Engineering and the Environment and Shaw Energy and Environment have worked at a feverish pace to get the project initiated and begin meeting the deadlines imposed by the New Mexico Environment Department’s(NMED)Hazardous Waste Bureau.

  • February

    Congressman Martin Heinrich (middle), a representative from Senator Jeff Bingaman’s office, Deputy Space Development & Test Directorate Deputy Commander Colonel Carol Welsch, Deputy Corps Commander Major Richard Collins and Honorary Space Development and Test Directorate Commander Mr. Dave Seely (President, Kirtland Federal Credit Union) participate in the ground-breaking ceremony at Kirtland AFB.

    More Space for Space Research at Kirtland

    A celebration commemorating the start of construction for an addition to a building used by nearly 200 employees of the Space Development and Test Directorate on Kirtland Air Force Base took place Feb. 3.