Kirtland AFB is the third largest installation in the Air Force Material Command (AFMC ... lower cost area to reside in than the east or west coast. The sun shines more than 300 days a year ...

Along with a huge Navy footprint the region hosts major Air Force, Army, Marine Corps, and Coast Guard facilities. As a result the area is extremely "military friendly" in all respects.

An experimental aircraft has crashed at a military base near the coast of Virginia, authorities said Thursday.