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  • TRICARE covers flu vaccination

    Although flu season typically peaks in February, those of us with kids know we're lucky to get through October without one of them bringing more than just homework home from school. Then it's only a matter of time before that bug jumps from one member of the family to the next. But TRICARE can help

  • Cannon conducting controlled burn at the Melrose Air Force Range

    The Cannon Air Force Base Fire Department will be conducting prescribed burns from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. from Oct. 8 through Oct. 10 on the northeast sector of the Melrose Air Force Range. They will be burning Type 1 fuels, which consist mostly of grasses. People traveling and living around the Melrose

  • Cannon to implement VPP for safety

    As Cannon celebrated the anniversary of its first year under Air Force Special Operations Command, the wing safety office was busy planning the birth of a new program at the base to improve safety. The Voluntary Protection Program, created in 1982, is run by the Occupational Safety and Health

  • Cannon Airmen train for SOF resupply

    What seems like routine training for 27th Special Operations Wing MC-130W aircrews, loadmasters and logistics Airmen here in reality prepares them to execute missions downrange. "Special operations forces that are deployed rely on this type of air drop very much," said Staff Sgt. Jerimy Pickering,

  • Base driving guidelines updated

    Driving guidelines on Cannon have been updated as of July 18, and the following changes were made to AFI 31-204, Cannon Air Force Base Supplement: Radar detectors must be unplugged and out of sight; Regardless of weight, Children 6-years old and younger and children who weight less than 60 pounds,

  • New ID requirements for family members, retirees

    Homeland Security Directive 12 now requires retirees and family members seeking to renew or replace a military identification card to provide two types of ID. Retirees and family members needing identification cards must have two of the following types of current identification, one of which must

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