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  • Cannon AFB Assessed on Operational Readiness

    After multiple exercises testing pre-deployment readiness, the 27th Special Operations Wing participated in the final assessment of operational deployment readiness and capabilities from Nov. 19 to Nov. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.

  • 20th SOS Dedicates Wall to Medal of Honor Recipient

    A former 20th Special Operations Squadron Green Hornet and recipient of the Medal of Honor, had a wall dedicated to his military accomplishments inside the 20th SOS building at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Nov. 26, 2019. U.S. Air Force Col. James Fleming, a Vietnam War veteran, was awarded the MoH

  • The Future is Now: Digital Toolkit

    The CV-22 Osprey, a tilt-rotor aircraft, has many moving parts to function with the duality of a helicopter and turboprop aircraft. These parts require specific tools to maintain them and get them back into the air. Accountability and accessibility of use of these tools are critical to continue the

  • Combat Training Element: Operational Capabilities

    Editor's Note: (This is the second part of a series documenting Cannon’s elite Combat Training Element team who challenge and push our Airmen to adapt and overcome with their cutting edge prototype technology and weaponry)By now, if you read the first installment, you should know what the Combat

  • Cannon children benefit from DoD STEM program

    Col. Robert Masaitis, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, visited Clovis High School to speak on the National Math and Science Initiative program that will be integrated into Clovis Municipal Schools October 30, 2019.The event was held to announce the $336,000 grant that the Department of

  • Combat Training Element: Monster Garage

    Editor's Note: (This is the first part of a series documenting Cannon’s elite Combat Training Element team who challenge and push our Airmen to adapt and overcome with their cutting edge prototype technology and weaponry) Recently, while sitting around the office looking for a story lead, I was

  • FARP Tryouts 2019

    Airman Basic Sarah De La Rosa, 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, drags a fuel hose as her team encourages her during the Forward Air Refueling Point tryouts at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., October 9, 2019. The hose dragging is meant to simulate dragging a hose to

  • Medic Rodeo comes to Cannon for another iteration

    The 27th Special Operations Medical Group hosted 19 Air Force medical technician teams from bases around the world for the 12th annual Medic Rodeo Sept. 17-20, 2019, at Cannon Air Force Base and Melrose Air Force Range.The Medic Rodeo is a competition where teams of four perform multiple medical

  • Educators get educated on how Air Commandos deploy

    Teachers and staff from Clovis, Portales and Melrose schools participated in Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations aimed to educate them on the challenges deploying military members face, here, Sept. 14, 2019.TUDOS is designed to give teachers a comprehensive understanding of the deployment

  • 27th Special Operations Medical Group redesignates two squadrons

    The 27th Special Operations Medical Group redesignated the 27th Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron to the 27th Special Operations Operational Medical Readiness Squadron and the 27th Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron to the 27th Special Operations Health Care Operational

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