Kirtland Air Force Base
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Kirtland Air Force Base is one of the most vital and active military facilities in the country, with over 20,000 people working within its secured perimeter, at the south end of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Among the 180 tenant organizations at Kirtland are:
-Sandia National Laboratories
-the headquarters of the Air Force's Phillips Laboratories
-the National Atomic Museum
-the Department of Energy's Albuquerque Operations Office
-and of course the facilities and operations of the Air Force Base, which include the former Manzano Mountains nuclear weapons storage facility, recently replaced with a modern stockpile storage site under the runway, said to be one of the largest collections of deployable nuclear weapons in the Country. |
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SE Albuquerque
(POINT(-106.51245117188 34.991753693505))
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| Kirtland AFB NM, 87117 |
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Don Langley [sp?] Public Affairs: (505) 844-0011 Public Affairs Office
1606 Air Base Wing |
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| Travel on to the base to visit the Atomic Museum and Sandia's Solar Power Tower are permitted, after getting cleared at the main gate. |
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http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/facility/kirtland.htm
http://www.kirtland.af.mil/
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Active Base, Air Base, Military, Weapons / Defense R&D
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Nuclear Weapons
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