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  • Combat Fitness Pad test classes

    The new Combat Fitness Pad began offering Crossfit test classes behind the Fitness Center at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 11. Beginners Crossfit courses are offered Monday through Friday from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. Advanced Crossfit courses are offered Monday through Friday from 5:30 a.m. to 6:30

  • Close quarters combat

    The Deployed Aircraft Ground Response Element team performs close quarters combat training at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M. The DAGRE team provides ground support for Special Operations Forces personnel and equipment when new airfileds are being established and during relief missions.

  • Texas 4000: riders with cause

    More than twenty cyclists crossed the New Mexico border just east of Clovis, N.M., in late afternoon on June 7. This year's Texas 4000 team was in high spirits after their race to the border from Farwell, Texas, into Clovis. One rider simply let out a sigh along with the words, "finally made it to

  • Operation Homecoming

    Air Commandos returning from worldwide deployments are welcomed by 27th Special Operations Wing leadership, family members and friends during Operation Homecoming at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., June 4, 2012.

  • 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

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