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  • Air Force Chief of Staff visits Cannon AFB

    U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. CQ Brown, Jr. and his spouse, Sharene Brown, visited Cannon Air Force Base, April 12, 2023.During his visit, Brown met with 27th Special Operations Wing leadership, held a breakfast with junior enlisted Airmen and hosted an all-call for Airmen across the wing. At

  • 27th Special Operations Wing to participate in Balikatan 2023

    The 27th Special Operations Wing will be supporting Exercise Balikatan 2023, a Philippine-led event, throughout April.Exercise Balikatan is the largest annual bilateral exercise conducted between the Philippines and the United States. “Balikatan” is a Tagalog term that means “shoulder-to-shoulder”

  • CMSAF Visits Cannon Air Force Base

    Chief Bass serves as the personal advisor to the Chief of Staff and the Secretary of the Air Force on all issues regarding the welfare, readiness, morale, and proper utilization and progress of more than 600,000 total force Airmen.

  • Exercise Keen Sword 2023

    During exercise Keen Sword 23, members of the 17th Special Operations Squadron participated in a full-mission profile combat simulation to hone their skills and enhance Japan-U.S. combat readiness and interoperability.

  • A Legacy of Limitless Devotion

    The original mission of the newly branded “318th Special Operations Squadron” of 1971 (formerly known as the “318th Troop Carrier Squadron”, flying C-47 Skytrain aircraft in WW2) was “to provide a global, unconventional C-130 force (COMBAT TALON) … for both limited and general war; secondary mission

  • Cannon AFB Pharmacy modifies services, adapts to patient needs

    On Oct. 24, 2022, Plains Regional Medical Center Pharmacy and Roden-Smith are leaving the Tricare market. This change means that patients are no longer covered at the two pharmacies and will have to pay out of pocket if their medications get dispensed. The Cannon AFB Pharmacy have modified their

  • 6th Special Operations Squadron is reassigned, provides new support

    The 6th Special Operations Squadron, previously the 27th Special Operations Group Detachment 1, was officially activated here, Oct. 6, 2022.The 6 SOS is an MC-130J Commando II aircraft flying unit that fulfills the 27th Special Operations Wing’s commitment to the Air Force Special Operations

  • 310th Special Operations Squadron Mission Video

    "We must transform ourselves from the AFSOC our nation has needed...into the AFSOC our nation will need in the future operating environment." -AFSOC CC, April 29, 2021.On May 4, 2021, the 310th Special Operations Squadron was activated at Cannon Air Force Base, as part of AFSOC's force generation

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