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  • Cannon gets ‘Deja Blue’ experience

    The U.S. Air Force's premier entertainment showcase gave Airmen, their families, and Clovis and Portales residents a performance at Greyhound Arena, in Portales, N.M., celebrating more than 55 years of entertainment Feb. 23. The Tops in Blue show was nearly the last of more than 120 performances it

  • Commentary - Crew of 'Spirit 03' -- upholding the Airman's Creed

    Among silent rows of marble tablets honoring our nation's many heroes, Air Commandos and their families gathered at Arlington National Cemetery on Jan. 31 to pay tribute to the memory of the 14 heroes from the fallen crew of Spirit 03, an AC-130H gunship shot down 18 years ago during Operation

  • Prayer breakfast hosts AF Chief of Chaplains

    The annual National Prayer Breakfast was held at the Landing Feb. 19 with a special guest speaker, the Air Force Chief of Chaplains. Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil Richardson kept the crowd smiling as he spoke for almost an hour about his entrance into the chaplaincy, his time in the enlisted corps as

  • Vets receive valentines from Airmen following in their footsteps

    Veterans of World War II through the Vietnam War were joined by an unusual group of valentines as Airmen stationed here visited patients of the Thomas E. Creek Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Amarillo, Texas, Feb. 13. "I would say we saw about 60 residents," said trip organizer

  • Cannon clinic earns IG "excellent" rating

    The "Mighty Medics" of the 27th Special Operations Medical Group earned an "Excellent" rating during their triennial Inspector General Air Force Health Services Inspection, Feb. 9-13. The HSI team assesses Air Force Medical Service programs and processes to provide senior wing and Air Force

  • Cannon families take care of their pets

    Base Airmen, their families and pets joined local residents as they took advantage of a low-cost spaying and neutering event sponsored by the Santa Fe, N.M., Animal Shelter and Humane Society Feb. 13-15 in Clovis, N.M. According to Eva Paloheimo, coordinator of the mobile animal shelter, more than