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  • Serving Airmen

    27th Special Operations Force Support Squadron food apprentices prepare lunch for Cannon personnel daily keeping Air Commandos mission ready.

  • Ready reaper

    An MQ-9 Reaper sits ready to be remotely piloted for missions such as intelligence gathering and assisting in combat search and rescue.

  • Maintenance 40mm at a time

    The 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron weapons shop works hard to maintain the 40mm weapon loader used on the AC-130H Spectre gunship.

  • Col. David Wiesner assumes command of 27 SOMXG

    U.S. Air Force Col. Buck Elton, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, presided over the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group change of command ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., May 1, 2012. Col. Wesley Norris relinquished command of the 27SOMXG to Col. Dave Wiesner.

  • Tenant unit no more - the 56 SOIS joins the Cannon family

    The 56th Intelligence Squadron, previously a tenant unit, was inactivated to make way for the newly activated 56th Special Operations Intelligence Squadron, April 27, 2012. This squadron is the most recent addition to Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., and combines the resources of several different

  • The long road of Bataan

    During World War II, while defending islands in the Philippines, nearly 80,000 Americans and Filipinos were captured by the Japanese. They were forced to march 70 miles in the heat and many of them were malnourished, dehydrated, and without proper gear. Military members who couldn't make the walk or

  • Home is where the "bark" is

    Military working dogs with the 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron received new kennels on April 23 at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.Col. David Piech, 27th Special Operations Mission Support Group commander and Tech. Sgt. Esther Standridge, 27th SOSFS MWD handler, cut the ribbon at the

  • Steaks for Airmen

    The All-American Beef Battalion sponsored the Steaks For Airmen event, serving Cannon Air Commandos and their families 1000 18-20oz steaks and 300 quarter-pound beef hotdogs.

  • Saving the planet, one tree at a time

    Airmen and their children planted a tree outside of the Child Development Center at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., in celebration of Arbor Day, April 19. This ceremony marks the 20th year Cannon Air Force Base has celebrated Arbor Day and Earth Day and the 14th consecutive year that the National Arbor

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