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1942 to present | | 35° 2' 25.07'' N 106° 36' 32.40'' W | | 3nm SE of Albuquerque, Albuquerque, New Mexico | | ICAO: KABQ | IATA: ABQ | FAA: ABQ | | Elevation: 5354 feet |
List of units at Kirtland AFB |
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| 2005- | 71st SOS | V-22 Osprey, | | 1994- | 512th RQS | HH-60W Jolly Green II, UH-1N, S-70 H-60, | | 1994/16 | 550th SOS | | | 1991/07 | 551 SOS | S-65 H-53, S-70 H-60, S-61 H-3, | | 1976/91 | 1550 ATTW | HH-1H Iroquois, UH-1N, UH-1F Iroquois, | | 1969- | 188 RQS | V-22 Osprey, |
02-Apr-24 - A Bell UH-1N Twin Huey helicopter assigned to the US Air Force’s 58th Special Operations Wing (SOW), 512th Rescue Squadron, has reached 20,000 flight hours, five times its original life expectancy. This is only the third Huey to reach this milestone #veteran
05-Sep-21 - US Air Force 58th Operations Group (58 OG), part of the 58th Special Operations Wing at Kirtland AFB, NM has 5 subordinate squadrons for pilots and crew training in special ops and combat search and rescue (CSAR) from fixed-wing to tilt-rotor to helicopters #SERE
19-Jan-21 - Wendy Smith, a civilian air traffic controller working at Kirtland AFB / Albuquerque International Airport control tower credited with saving the lives of 6 USAF CV-22 Osprey crew and the $90 million aircraft #AirTraffic
18-Dec-20 - USAF 512th Rescue Squadron (RQS), 58th Special Operations Wing (SOW) at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico welcomed the newest combat search and rescue (CSAR) helicopter, the HH-60W “Jolly Green II”, December 17, 2020 #Kirtland
12-Sep-19 - USAF’ 58th Operations Group (58 OG) Detachment 2 was activated at Kirtland AFB, New Mexico to “Prepare the wing to start formal training on the HH-60W, no later than March of 2021” #Kirtland
18-Sep-18 - First Sikorsky Combat Rescue Helicopter Weapons System and Operational Flight Trainers final assembly underway. 112 HH-60W deliveries expected to begin in 2020 #CombatRescue
10-Jan-17 - An USAF’s Sikorsky HH-60G, tail number 81-23644, passed 12000 flight hours leading all Air Force Pave Hawks. Manufactured in 1983, is flying with the 58th SOW, 512th Rescue Squadron since 1990.
31-May-16 - Kirtland will be the first Air Force base to receive the new Combat Rescue Helicopters CRH-60 / HH-60W, a total of 14 aircraft between fiscal year 2020 and 2028.
15-Apr-15 - Marine Operational Test and Evaluation Squadron VMX-22 tested new software for the MV-22B Osprey in Albuquerque, N.M., April 2, using the difference in terrain to their advantage.
02-Feb-15 - USAF 58th Special Operations Wing has a plan to mitigate aircraft engine damage that happens during training missions using a biodegradable binding material at practice landing zones.
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