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  • In focus: TRICARE vision care benefits

    Can you read ths? How about now? Better?If you have trouble reading any of the words above, you may want to have your eyes checked. Fortunately, vision care is a TRICARE-covered benefit. Here's how the benefit varies by your plan and age. Active Duty Active duty service members and family members

  • Cannon inspection coming soon

    Unit Compliance Inspections are conducted every three years and Air Commandos here will soon have an opportunity to show inspectors that the 27th Special Operations Wing is healthy and mission capable. From June 15-26, Air Force Special Operations Command inspectors will visit Cannon for the base's

  • Spectres begin their journey to a new home

    Seeing a C-130 Spectre gunship rolling down the strip is a common occurrence here. So common, in fact, that often the sight of the aircraft taking off does not draw the attention of most personnel on base. To many, it is just another routine training exercise in progress for one of the busiest

  • Airmen rediscover ‘lost’ cemetery

    Airmen here are working to restore what local historians refer to as a "lost cemetery" that is located literally in the base's backyard. A block wall is all that separates the northern edge of Chavez Manor West housing from Blacktower Cemetery. It's now overgrown with weeds and brambles and sand

  • Airman uses SABC, helps man hit by train

    "I had to take a detour." Senior Airman Eric Slaugh, 27th Special Operations Component Maintenance Squadron, was returning to base from leave in December when he encountered a snowstorm in northeastern New Mexico, a storm that would detour him into assisting in saving someone's life. After missing a

  • 27 SOW master sergeant promotees

    Cannon congratulates the following 27th Special Operations Wing Air Commandos selected for promotion to master sergeant. 27th Special Operations Wing George M Lowe Steven P Pryor 27th Special Operations Group Keri S McDonald 3rd Special Operations Squadron Matthew J Ardis Thomas W Barriere Michael L

  • Cannon's Predator squadron wins AFSOC Squadron of the Year honors

    The 3rd Special Operations Squadron has earned the 2008 Air Force Special Operations Command Squadron of the Year award. The 3 SOS accomplishments extend from its successful efforts to move from Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., to Cannon with no degradation of its mission capability or 24/7 support to

  • NCO Academy graduates

    Cannon congratulates the following Airmen on their recent graduation from the NCO Academy at Kirtland AFB, N.M.27th Special Operations Comptroller SquadronHeather R. Jones27th Special Operations Aerospace Medicine SquadronEdison Y. Kim - Distinguished Graduate27th Special Operations Security Forces

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