31 Mar 2026

USACE-Albuquerque District joins in ribbon-cutting ceremony for new lab at Kirtland AFB

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-Albuquerque District joined Air Force leaders in a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the opening of the Re-Entry Vehicle Integration Laboratory (REVIL) at Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., March 24, 2026.

7 Dec 2022

AFRL breaks ground on new FORTRESS space lab

The Air Force Research Laboratory recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction on the Facility for Radiation Tolerance Research on Electronics for Space and Strategic Systems, or FORTRESS, a 6,200-square-foot, $4.5 million facility on Kirtland Air Force Base.

21 May 2021

USACE participates in SWORD Ribbon Cutting Ceremony

A ribbon-cutting ceremony for the AFRL Space Warfighting Operations Research & Development Laboratory (SWORD) was held May 20, 2021, on Kirtland Air Force Base.

18 Mar 2021

AFRL and USACE hold groundbreaking ceremony at KAFB

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Albuquerque District, and the Air Force Research Laboratory held a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the beginning of construction for the Skywave Laboratory, March 16, 2021, at Kirtland Air Force Base.

5 Aug 2020

USACE/Air Force Research Laboratory break ground on AFRL building

USACE-Albuquerque District and the Air Force Research Laboratory recently broke ground on a new AFRL building at Kirtland Air Force Base.

1 Jul 2012

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.