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  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • Live-fire training with an AC-130W

    The Airmen aboard the AC-130W Stinger II were practicing a live-fire training mission at the Melrose Air Force Range, at Cannon Air Force Base, with the 30mm and 105mm guns. Additionally, a few of the Airmen were students being evaluated in their respective jobs.The range that the base utilizes is

  • 33rd SOS celebrates 100-year anniversary

    A long military ancestry emanates from the command section hallway of the 33rd Special Operations Squadron. Oil paintings of past aircraft adorn the walls along with pictures and stories of the aircraft themselves. The lineage of the squadron is vast, dating back to 1917 during World War I. Since

  • The road to rehabilitation

    Ask anyone what the Air Force’s most important asset is and the likely answer will be “its people”. The Air Force operates on the capacities of its people. If an individual is injured and can’t perform their job, the mission suffers. There’s no “boneyard” for Airmen where we can harvest parts from.

  • 27 SOW commander departs Cannon

    Col. Benjamin Maitre, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, departs from Cannon after more than two years of service following a change of command ceremony on June 2, 2017.

  • Legacy lost: the 524th Special Operations Squadron moves on

    With the upcoming departure of the 524th Special Operations Squadron from Cannon Air Force Base “we’re losing the last squadron that has original ties to the 27th when it was formed,” remarks Steven Frank, 27th Special Operations Wing historian.Frank utters these words as he reviews a slide show and

  • Pilot receives distinguished honors

    Maj. William Mendel, 20th Special Operations Squadron pilot, received the Distinguished Flying Cross on May 15 at Cannon Air Force Base for heroic actions displayed as his aircraft came under heavy and effective gunfire from ground forces while attempting to evacuate American citizens from a

  • Green Beret to receive Purple Heart

    A Green Beret will be awarded the Purple Heart May 5, 2017, at the 16th Special Operations Squadron auditorium on base. The recipient is Army Master Sgt. Justin Hummer, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron Joint Ground Liaison Office NCO in charge, who suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury during a

  • Remembering Operation Eagle Claw

    On Nov. 4, 1979, approximately 3,000 Iranian militants took control of the U.S. embassy in Tehran, holding 63 Americans hostage. An additional three U.S. members were seized at the Iranian Foreign Ministry for a total of 66. This was in response to President Jimmy Carter allowing Mohammad Reza Shah

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