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CORONADO THUNDERBIRD ACTIVITIES HAVE BEEN SUSPENDED INDEFINITELY EFFECTIVE SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
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THE NEARLY 40 YEARS OF BASE ACCESS FOR CORONADO THUNDERBIRDS HAS BEEN TERMINATED BY THE DoD AS OF 31 OCTOBER 2023. BASE ACCESS IS FORBIDDEN UNLESS YOU ARE A VETERAN OR HAVE AN APPROVED ESCORT AND AN ACCEPTED REASON FOR ACCESS
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NEXT MEETING: NO MEETING SCHEDULED, Thunderbirds have suspended operations indefinitely.
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Patriots Who Protected Our Nation

Patriots Who Protected Our Nation

A social club for retirees from SNL, LANL, DOE, other federal agencies, the Military, and their Contractors

  • BASE ACCESS TERMINATED 10/31/2023
  • WELCOME
  • WANTED – 2024 Board Members
  • MEMBERSHIP
  • NEXT MEETING: Thunderbirds suspended indefinitely
  • MEETINGS – GENERAL INFO
  • NEWSLETTERS & UPDATES
  • NOT TO MISS – UPCOMING EVENTS
  • CONTACT US
  • CLUB HISTORY
  • Z – Awards and Recipients

WELCOME

As of September 30, 2024, Coronado Thunderbird activities are suspended indefinitely. Primary reasons for the suspension are lack of new volunteers for Board positions and the loss of KAFB access for Thunderbird members.

 

 

Best Regards, John Anthes, 2023 Past President, Coronado Thunderbirds (505-370-3438)

The Coronado Thunderbirds is a social club for people retired from Federal Agencies and their Contractors — including Sandia National Labs, Los Alamos National Labs, DOE, NNSA, FAA, and the Military. Our Club monthly activities include our Member Monthly Meeting on the second Tuesday of the month (except December). Our monthly member meetings are currently held in-person at TOMASITA’S RESTAURANT at 4949 Pan American Freeway NE on the west side of I-25 and south of Jefferson Street. You have an option to purchase a $14.50 – $16.50 lunch. We start with social time and lunch (at 11am), followed by a Business Meeting (12 Noon) and the program immediately thereafter. Please note that effective September 30, 2024, Thunderbird activities have been suspended indefinitely as described in other areas of this site.


 Our programs are chosen based on members’ interests in order to inform or entertain. Sometimes, the programs accomplish both!

  • the emergence of telemedicine
  • improving the environment of Albuquerque
  • artificial intelligence
  • beekeeping
  • the impact of Spain on the Revolutionary War
  • singing and choral groups
  • square dancing
  • ballooning in New Mexico
  • the history of Albuquerque
  • railroading in New Mexico, including AT&SF 2926
  • Col. Eric Felt, AFRL and US Space Force
  • the movie, “Hugo,” automaton restoration
  • Old Town Ghost Stories

 

 

NEXT MEETING(S)

PO BOX:  CORONADO THUNDERBIRDS, PO BOX 11896, ALBUQUERQUE, NM 87192. 

As of September 30, 2024, Coronado Thunderbird activities are suspended indefinitely. Primary reasons for the suspension are lack of new volunteers for Board positions and the loss of KAFB access for Thunderbird members.

Sandia’s Thunderbird: Then and now

Sandia’s blue Thunderbird has been around longer than most of us can remember. As Sandia celebrates its 75th anniversary, the blue Thunderbird logo has become a beacon of the Labs’ enduring legacy.  See the Sandia LabNews article at this link:

Sandia Thunderbird: Then and now

 

Preserving Sandia's Legacy. See John Korbin's presentation on Sandia's Archive and Legacy Hardware Laboratory.  Click this link or go to the Newsletters and Updates page.

John Korbin's Preserving Sandia's Legacy

Jennifer Hayden's National Museum of Nuclear Science and History presentation at the May 2024 Monthly Meeting:

National Museum of Nuclear Science and History Presentation

Good Days and Memories at the Coronado Club

Tomasita's New Mexican Restaurant - Albuquerque, 4949 Pan American Freeway

SOCIAL TIME & MEAL - 11AM; BUSINESS MEETING - 12:00 NOON; PROGRAM FOLLOWS

As of September 30, 2024, Coronado Thunderbird activities are suspended indefinitely. Primary reasons for the suspension are lack of new volunteers for Board positions and the loss of KAFB access for Thunderbird members.


LATEST NEWSLETTER/UPDATE

September 2024 Newsletter

As of September 30, 2024, Coronado Thunderbird activities are suspended indefinitely. Primary reasons for the suspension are lack of new volunteers for Board positions and the loss of KAFB access for Thunderbird members.

 

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FOR CLUB INFORMATION

Please email John P. Anthes,  Past President

LAST UPDATE: October 1, 2024

  • BASE ACCESS TERMINATED 10/31/2023
  • WELCOME
  • WANTED – 2024 Board Members
  • MEMBERSHIP
  • NEXT MEETING: Thunderbirds suspended indefinitely
  • MEETINGS – GENERAL INFO
  • NEWSLETTERS & UPDATES
  • NOT TO MISS – UPCOMING EVENTS
  • CONTACT US
  • CLUB HISTORY
  • Z – Awards and Recipients

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Coronado Thunderbirds
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Albuquerque, NM 87185

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