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  • July

    KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. – District Commander Lt. Col. Patrick Dagon, far left, joins Sen. Martin Heinrich (4th from left) and Maj. Gen. Sandra Finan, commander of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, to ceremonially break ground on Phase 2 of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center expansion, June 29, 2015.

    Multiphase Ceremony Celebrates Milestones in Multiphase Project

    The District participated in a double ceremony celebrating two milestones in the expansion of the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center, June 29, 2015.

  • August

    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., -- Construction workers for CB&I excavate contaminated soils from the Former Fuels Off-Loading Rack area at Kirtland Air Force Base, Aug. 7, 2014.

    Cleanup Continues at Bulk Fuels Site on Kirtland Air Force Base

    On August 7, 2014, local media were invited to Kirtland Air Force Base to view the excavation activities at the Former Fuels Off-Loading Rack.

  • July

    Brig. Gen. Mark Toy, South Pacific Division Commander, left, discusses flood risk management measures and options with Michael Chavarilla, governor, Santa Clara Pueblo, while visiting the Santa Clara burn scar area.

    New South Pacific Division Commander Visits the Albuquerque District

    During the week of July 14, 2014, COL (P) Mark Toy, the new SPD commander, visited the Albuquerque district.

  • August

    Alicia Austin-Johnson, project manager, USACE, Albuquerque district, discusses the Middle Rio Grande Restoration Project with Col. Turner at the project site.

    New South Pacific Commander Visits Albuquerque District

    The Albuquerque District was honored to host the new Commander of the South Pacific Division, Col. C. David Turner, July 29-31, 2013. The purpose of this visit was for Col. Turner to meet members of the Albuquerque team, stakeholders and partners, and familiarize himself with the unique mission and projects of the District.

  • April

    (L-R) Mayer Landau, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; B.K. “Babu” Singaraju, division chief, Space Vehicles Directorate; Dr. Jim Riker, chief scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; Brent Wilson, base civil engineer; Capt. Dustin Guidry, deputy branch chief, Space Vehicles Directorate; Col. Bill Cooley, materiel wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Susan Atwood, deputy director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Lt. Col. Gant, commander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District; Mike Granjean, vice president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Maria Cornay, president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Dr. Vincent Cowan, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate, participate in officially opening the Space Sensors Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base.

    Ribbon-cutting, Groundbreaking Marks Progress on Cutting Edge Air Force Labs

    Lt. Col. Gant, commander, Albuquerque District, participated in both a groundbreaking and a ribbon-cutting ceremony held for two cutting edge laboratories dedicated to space sensor research and development and space radiation effects for the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on Kirtland Air Force Base, March 26, 2013.

  • 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.

  • December

    District Commander Lt. Col. Antoinette Gant and Honorary Commander Christine Glidden joined 20 other sets of community leaders and commanders who were coupled as part of the annual Honorary Commanders Assumption of Command Ceremony Nov. 1

    Commitment Renewed with Honorary Leader

    District Commander Lt. Col. Antoinette Gant and Honorary Commander Christine Glidden joined 20 other sets of community leaders and commanders who were coupled as part of the annual Honorary Commanders Assumption of Command Ceremony Nov. 1 at Kirtland Air Force Base’s Mountain View Club in Albuquerque, N.M.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • July

    Participants break new ground for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Space Vehicle Direc-torate’s Space Sensors Laboratory. Pictured left to right are: Mike Granjean, vice president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Maria Cornay, president, GranCor Enterprises, Inc.; Col. Bill Coo-ley, materiel wing director, Space Vehicles Directorate; Dr. Mayer Landau, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate; Michael Gallegos, chief, Infrastructure Management Branch, Space Vehicles Directorate; Col. Edward Masterson, division chief, Spacecraft Technology Division, Operations and Integration Division Space Vehicles Directorate; Filemon Gallegos, project manager, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District; Sue Atwood, deputy director, Space Vehicles Directorate; and Dr. Christian Morath, scientist, Space Vehicles Directorate.

    AFRL’s Space Vehicles Directorate to Get Three Labs

    District employees participated in a groundbreaking ceremony for the Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) new Space Sensors and Infrared Radiation Effects Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base June 7.