Base readies for Earth Day activities

Earth Day, a day designed to inspire awareness and appreciation for the Earth's environment, is celebrated on April 22. It was founded by U.S. Senator Gaylord Nelson (D-Wisconsin) as an environmental teach-in in 1970 and is celebrated in many countries every year. The first Earth Day in the United

27 SOW opens to public for inaugural open house

The 27th Special Operations Wing will open its main gate to the public April 17, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., for its first-ever open house. The event is free and visitors will have the chance to see numerous aircraft on the flightline as well as meet the Air Commandos who operate, maintain and fly them.

Weekend dining hours for ORE

The dining facility  hours for Saturday, April 10 and Sunday, April 11 in support of the Operational Readiness Exercise are:Brunch - 6 a.m. - 1 p.m.Dinner - 5-7 p.m.Midnight Meal - 11 p.m. - 12:30 a.m.

TRICARE services available for Special Needs families

TRICARE beneficiaries who have family members with special needs now have access to unique services within the TRICARE program. The most important service is the TRICARE Extended Care Health Option, or ECHO. To be eligible for ECHO, a family must first enroll into its service branch's Exceptional

ORE scheduled for April 10-15

The 27th Special Operations Wing is scheduled to have an Operational Readiness Exercise starting April 10 and ending  April 15.This particular readiness exercise is part of a yearlong effort to prepare for the wing's first Operational Readiness Inspection scheduled for mid-November. While passing an

Failure = Loss of e-mail, Internet on Cannon

Cannon Air Force Base is fast approaching a pivotal inspection that will grade our ability to conduct special operations in the 21st Century and May 10 is the date of that inspection. Not the oft-feared Operational Readiness Inspection, but an examination that focuses largely on the intangible,

Comm Squadrons' Top 10 list for cyber readiness

The base will have a Command Cyber Readiness Inspection on May 10 and you can help keep us "connected" by abiding by the following 10 items. 1. Restart your machine at the end of every duty day. It's the same number of clicks as "log off" and it ensures you have all current software patches by the

Original song competition at MyAirForceLife.com

More than 70 years ago, Capt. Robert MacArthur Crawford, an Airman with the Army Air Corps, won an original song competition that eventually became the official song for the U.S.Air Force. Captain Crawford wrote the lyrics and music to "Off We Go Into the Wild Blue Yonder."Starting April 5 through

551 SOS cuts ribbon on new training center

Vanpooling to come to Cannon

Tired of high gas prices? Want a free ride to work?On April 14, Alice Lee-Cook will be on base to explain how Cannon AFB can start it's very own vanpooling program...Her company will furnish the van, pay the insurance and all maintenance...all we need is 5 - 15 riders.If you are interested, please