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Tipoffs for Albuquerque, New Mexico (Kirtland) Newsletter for Sunday June 16, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Air Force Global Strike Command Approves Command-Wide Civilian Retention Incentive
BARKSDALE AFB, Louisiana, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force Dyess Air Force Base (7th Bomb Wing) issued the following news: Air Force Global Strike Command's (AFGSC) Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services (A1) announces the approval for a command-wide civilian retention incentive for eligible civilian Strikers starting July 2024. The Manpower, Personnel and Services Directorate has engaged at all levels in addressing innovative ways to improve quality of life, retention and talent managem  more

Air Force Institute of Technology Faculty Member Receives Air Force 2023 Strategic Deterrence, Nuclear Integration Award
MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, June 13 -- The U.S. Air Force's 42nd Air Base Wing issued the following news: By Katie Scott, Air Force Institute of Technology Eric Meiers, director of the Department of Nuclear Studies at the Air Force Institute of Technology, is the Headquarters Air Force-level winner of the 2023 Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integration Award, Civilian Category III of the Year. This annual award, administered by Deputy Chief of Staff for Strategic Deterrence and Nuclear Integratio  more

Col. Mizell Takes Arnold Engineering Development Complex Command
ARNOLD AFB, Tennessee, June 15 -- The U.S. Air Force Arnold Air Force Base issued the following news: By Bradley Hicks, AEDC Public Affairs If one were to throw a dart at a map of the world, there is a good chance it would land in close proximity to an Air Force assignment held by Col. Grant Mizell. Mizell's tours throughout his career have included stints in Texas, Arkansas, California, Korea, the United Kingdom, Germany, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait and Washington, D.C. Add Tennessee to the list.   more

Defense Threat Reduction Agency Albuquerque Opens New Facility at Ribbon Cutting Ceremony On Kirtland AFB
KIRTLAND AFB, New Mexico, June 14 -- The Defense Threat Reduction Agency issued the following news: The Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Albuquerque Office (DTRA-ABQ) hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony Wednesday, June 12, 2024, for the agency's new multi-use building on Kirtland Air Force Base. The 76,000 square foot facility will be home to more than 300 U.S. military personnel and DoD civilians and includes unclassified and classified workspaces and meeting rooms, administrative offices, and a  more

Heinrich Celebrates New Major National Security Facility at Kirtland Air Force Base
WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Through the NDAA and Appropriations process, Heinrich secured $46.6 million to construct state-of-the-art Defense Threat Reduction Agency facility in Albuquerque ALBUQUERQUE - U.S. Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee and the Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies Appropriations Subcommittee, applauded today's ribbon cutting ceremony   more

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Expansion of Albuquerque-Based SolAero's Semiconductor Manufacturing, Creating 100 New Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Melanie Stansbury, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming preliminary terms between the U.S. Department of Commerce and SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based manufacturing company, for the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide up to $23.9 million in direct fund  more

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Expansion of Albuquerque-Based SolAero's Semiconductor Manufacturing, Creating 100 New Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming preliminary terms between the U.S. Department of Commerce and SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based manufacturing company, for the U.S. Department of Commerce to provide up to $23.9 million in direct fundin  more

N.M. Delegation Welcomes Expansion of Albuquerque-Based SolAero's Semiconductor Manufacturing, Creating 100 New Jobs
WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Sen. Ben Ray Lujan, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: The $24 million proposed federal investment is made possible through the CHIPS and Science Act Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) and U.S. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.), Teresa Leger Fernandez (D-N.M.), and Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) are welcoming preliminary terms between the U.S. Department of Commerce and SolAero by Rocket Lab, an Albuquerque, N.M.-based manufacturin  more

UC-Riverside: Ancient Ocean Slowdown Warns of Future Climate Chaos
RIVERSIDE, California, June 13 (TNSres) -- The University of California Riverside campus issued the following news: * * * Ocean circulation enables tolerable climate * * * When it comes to the ocean's response to global warming, we're not in entirely uncharted waters. A UC Riverside study shows that episodes of extreme heat in Earth's past caused the exchange of waters from the surface to the deep ocean to decline. This system has been described as the "global conveyer belt," because it red  more