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  • Members of the 551st Special Operations Squadron stand together for a group photo after a fini flight at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., April 29, 2021. The 551 SOS will be standing down June 15, 2021. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)

    551st Flies One Last Time

    Members of the 551st Special Operations Squadron took an AC-130W aircraft for one last flight here, April 29, 2021. The flight commemorated the drawdown of the 551 SOS. The squadron will be officially made inactive June 15, 2021, but the flight marked the end of mission qualification training at the 551 SOS.
  • Staff Sgt. Wellington Parraga, a line delivery crew chief assigned to the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron munitions flight, hands off a 105 MM round to a AC-130W Stinger II gunship aircraft’s crew to load for flight configuration prior to a training sortie at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., July 22, 2020. The 27 SOMXS MUNS flight provides all the munitions needed for the base’s flying units to conduct their combat readiness training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Maxwell Daigle)

    Behind the Boom

    Cannon’s AMMO troops power explosive mission with unique culture.
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    Cannon invites spouses, demonstrates base capabilities

    The 27th Special Operations Wing hosted a Spouse’s Day event for military servicemember dependents at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., Apr. 27, 2019.

  • 16 SOS reaps benefits from program coded by Airman

    Thanks to the intuitiveness of an Air Commando at Cannon, AC-130W Stinger II pilots are able to ensure the right targets are identified properly and at a quicker rate in combat.
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