Kirtland Air Force Base

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Kirtland Air Force Base is a major U.S. Air Force installation known for its roles in nuclear weapons research, development, and testing support, as well as hosting key Air Force Materiel Command and Air Force Global Strike Command units.

Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form As subject As object
Albuquerque Army Air Base support facilities 0 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States Air Force base
adjacentTo Albuquerque International Sunport
controlledBy Air Force Global Strike Command
Air Force Materiel Command
country United States of America
surface form: United States
garrison 377th Air Base Wing
hasCategory Military installations in New Mexico
Nuclear weapons infrastructure of the United States
United States Air Force installations in New Mexico
hasFunction directed energy research
flight test operations
nuclear weapons storage support
search and rescue training
space technology research
special operations training
hosts 377th Air Base Wing
377th Medical Group
377th Security Forces Group
58th Special Operations Wing
Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center
Directed Energy Directorate
surface form: Air Force Research Laboratory Directed Energy Directorate

Space Vehicles Directorate
surface form: Air Force Research Laboratory Space Vehicles Directorate

Civil Air Patrol units
United States Department of Energy national laboratory system
surface form: Department of Energy facilities

New Mexico National Guard
surface form: New Mexico Air National Guard units

Sandia National Laboratories
surface form: Sandia National Laboratories facilities
IATACode Albuquerque
surface form: ABQ
ICAOCode KIKR
locatedInMetropolitanArea Albuquerque
surface form: Albuquerque metropolitan area
location Albuquerque NERFINISHED
Bernalillo County NERFINISHED
New Mexico
militaryBranch United States Air Force
namedAfter Roy C. Kirtland
operator United States Air Force
partOf Air Force Global Strike Command
Air Force Materiel Command
primaryMission nuclear enterprise support
research and development
test and evaluation support
training
role nuclear weapons development support
nuclear weapons research support
nuclear weapons testing support
sharesRunwaysWith Albuquerque International Sunport
timezone Mountain Time Zone

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Albuquerque International Sunport adjacentTo Kirtland Air Force Base
Manhattan Project sites hasPart Kirtland Air Force Base
this entity surface form: Albuquerque Army Air Base support facilities