March 12-16 National Patient Safety Awareness Week

The 27th Medical Group is observing National Patient Safety Awareness Week though March 16. Healthcare organizations across the country are participating in events to promote patient safety. Educational activities will center on educating patients on how to become involved in their own health care,

Biggest Loser challenge wraps up

The Health and Wellness Center's Biggest Loser competition ran from Jan. 16 to Feb. 23 at Cannon. Of the 128 people who started as 32 teams, 60 completed the competition. The total starting weight of all of the participants was 24,677 lbs. After the competition wrapped up, the total ending weight

Cannon kicks off 2007 Air Force Assistance Fund campaign Monday

It's time for the Air Force Assistance Fund (AFAF) campaign. The drive kicks off Monday and the 27th Fighter Wing's goal is $43,031. The AFAF was established to provide for an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support to the Air Force family -- active duty,

Online services keep financial records current

 The Air Force has developed numerous tools for Airmen to access their financial records and military history info. Tools such as myPay, Leave Web and the Virtual Military Personnel Flight allow Airmen to research and correct any errors in their records. The key component of all these systems is

Sports--AMXS wins intramural basketball championship

27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Airmen pushed their way to defeat the 27th Equipment Maintenance Squadron 59-54 at the Intramural Basketball Championship Feb. 22 at the Cannon Fitness Center. The championships were a three-day double-elimination tournament that marked the conclusion of the

Roar of the crowd likened to that of an F-16

Cannon Tax Center saves community $70,965 and counting

The Cannon Tax Center has been open a month and has already saved Cannon taxpayers $70,965 as of this week. Those numbers are expected to continue to grow. The center has completed 427 federal tax returns, 606 state returns and has achieved $971,128 in total refunds so far this tax season. The

Cannon slims aircraft transfers

Huddled in a small conference room with walls covered in post-it-notes, representatives from Cannon, Air Combat Command and the Air National Guard whittled a 16-day process of transferring Cannon's F-16s down to five. For the past week, these representatives worked as part of the Transfer/Acceptance

One era ends for F16s, another begins

Cannon's 523rd Fighter Squadron jets are making history by being the first jets to leave Cannon in the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) transition. The first two are destined for Des Moines Air Guard Station, Iowa, said Maj. James Mansard, 27th Operations Group, but for now, Cannon

Thrift Savings Plan accounts compromised

According to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) Web site at www.tsp.gov., all servicemembers and Department of the Air Force civilians should be aware of a method used to steal funds from their TSP accounts and to encourage personnel to safeguard online personally identifiable information (PII). In