Combat Training Element: Monster Garage

Editor's Note: (This is the first part of a series documenting Cannon’s elite Combat Training Element team who challenge and push our Airmen to adapt and overcome with their cutting edge prototype technology and weaponry) Recently, while sitting around the office looking for a story lead, I was

FARP Tryouts 2019

Airman Basic Sarah De La Rosa, 27th Special Operations Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels technician, drags a fuel hose as her team encourages her during the Forward Air Refueling Point tryouts at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., October 9, 2019. The hose dragging is meant to simulate dragging a hose to

Medic Rodeo comes to Cannon for another iteration

The 27th Special Operations Medical Group hosted 19 Air Force medical technician teams from bases around the world for the 12th annual Medic Rodeo Sept. 17-20, 2019, at Cannon Air Force Base and Melrose Air Force Range.The Medic Rodeo is a competition where teams of four perform multiple medical

Educators get educated on how Air Commandos deploy

Teachers and staff from Clovis, Portales and Melrose schools participated in Teachers Understanding Deployment Operations aimed to educate them on the challenges deploying military members face, here, Sept. 14, 2019.TUDOS is designed to give teachers a comprehensive understanding of the deployment

27th Special Operations Medical Group redesignates two squadrons

The 27th Special Operations Medical Group redesignated the 27th Special Operations Aerospace Medicine Squadron to the 27th Special Operations Operational Medical Readiness Squadron and the 27th Special Operations Medical Operations Squadron to the 27th Special Operations Health Care Operational

727 SOAMXS replaces engine

Airman 1st Class Omar Rodriguez, 727th Special Operations Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, and Luke McSweeney, 727 SOAMXS contract maintainer, guide a CV-22 Osprey engine into the aircraft as it is hoisted at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M, Aug. 13, 2019. The process of replacing the engine

Maj. Gen. Mary O'Brien and Chief Master Sgt. Summer Leifer visit Cannon

Cannon and Clovis win Community Partnership Excellence award

Cannon Air Force Base and the Clovis Municipal Schools received the Pete Taylor Partnership of Excellence Award in Washington, D.C., July 23, 2019.A package was submitted to the Military Child Education Collection to nominate Cannon and Clovis for the K-12 category. It outlined the programs in place

27 SOSFS participates in National Night Out

Members of the 27th Special Operations Security Forces Squadron pose for a photo after volunteering at the National Night Out in Clovis, N.M., August 6, 2019. The members hosted events such as a dunk tank, face painting, a military working dog demonstration and instructional course on the dangers of

Air Commandos perform water rescue training

Pararescuemen from the 26th Special Tactics Squadron fly in a CV-22 Osprey to over New Mexico July 23, 2019. The members practiced water-based aerial extraction at Ute Lake with members of the 20th Special Operations Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Vernon R. Walter III)