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  • Low Altitude Training Area (LATA) Environmental Assessment (EA) Update

    In September 2011, the 27th Special Operations Wing at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., released a Draft Environmental Assessment analyzing the potential impacts of conducting low-altitude flying training in Colorado and New Mexico. The need for the low-altitude training still exists, however, emerging

  • Col. Jeffrey Gillen assumes command of the 27 SOMDG

    Col. Jeffrey Gillen assumed command of the 27th Special Operations Medical Group at a ceremony held May 31 near the flightline at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.Members of the 27 SOMDG and others within the Cannon community came out to wish Col. Scott Corcoran, 27 SOMDG former commander, continued

  • EXERCISE: a suspicious package

    Air Commandos responded to a suspicious package as a part of a base-wide antiterrorism exercise at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 23, 2012. An exercise is the employment of military resources in training for military operations.

  • Sports Day

    Sports Day, an annual base-wide event that fosters teamwork, was held at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 18. Airmen competed in softball, flag football, bowling, three-on-three basketball, four-on-four sand volleyball, skeet, 5K race, horseshoes, tug-of-war and punt-pass-kick. The top team, 27th

  • Wing safety day success

    The 27th Special Operations Wing hosted a base-wide safety day at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 18. In addition to organized sporting events, a 5K run and an information fair at the Landing Zone, the wing also held a motorcycle ride around base and on the Cannon flightline. More than 30

  • 3 SOS unveils Levitow Memorial at Cannon AFB

    The 3rd Special Operations Squadron unveiled a memorial dedicated to Airman 1st Class John L. Levitow in their heritage room at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 22. Assigned to the 3 SOS during the Vietnam War, Levitow worked as a loadmaster on an AC-47 Spooky gunship. While supporting a firefight

  • Weather warriors - watching the skies

    Weather forecasters assigned to the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron weather flight, spent an afternoon explaining how utilize various tools and equipment to ensure resource protection at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., on May 9. Any weather systems that directly impact the base or personnel is

  • National Police Week: In Memory of Many, in Honor of All

    In 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed a proclamation which designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week in which that date falls as National Police Week. The 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron recognized National Police Week this year by organizing several events

  • Cannon loadmaster AFSOC award recipient

    Tech. Sgt. Taylor Glass, an M-28 loadmaster with the 318th Special Operations Squadron at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., has been nominated at the Air Force level for the 2011 General Robert "Dutch" Huyser Award. Glass was the Air Force Special Operations Command winner for the award which identifies

  • Preparing for nature's worst storms

    It started with a warning - a thunderstorm was expected to arrive at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. It would bring large hail and had the potential to develop tornadoes, said the 27th Special Operations Support Squadron weather flight. The base was put on alert, which paid off when a tornado struck

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