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  • Legal Office offers tax tips

    The Air Force Tax Assistance Program has evolved over time to best meet mission requirements while addressing practical manning and budgetary realities. In 2016, unit tax representatives were discontinued and replaced with a new policy to benefit Air Commandos.In the past, a number of bases have

  • Cannon, Clovis kick off community tours

    In an effort to show Air Commandos what Clovis, New Mexico, has to offer, the Committee of 50 and the Clovis/Curry County Chamber of Commerce led the first Newcomers Community Tour Wednesday. The quality of life initiative, which showed off industries, history and entertainment options in Clovis,

  • Media Release: Cannon Airman dies after physical training

    A 27th Special Operations Wing Airman collapsed while exercising on base Jan. 20 around 8:45 a.m. She was transported to medical facilities and subsequently declared deceased.The Airman’s name is being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin has been notified. The cause and details surrounding

  • In the company of heroes: Pararescue chief retires after 30 years

    Over the course of his thirty-year career, he was decorated nine times for actions that saved dozens--if not hundreds--on and off the battlefield. He was a major command pararescueman of the year, an Air Force Pitsenbarger Award recipient valor under fire, and AF pararescue senior NCO of the year,

  • Historic Pave Low dedicated to Cannon’s Air Park

    A historic MH-53J Pave Low III helicopter was dedicated to Cannon Air Force Base’s air park during a ceremony Jan. 17, 2017, on base. More than 150 Air Commandos and community members, along with past and present leaders in Air Force Special Operations Command, were in attendance of the ceremony to

  • Green Beret Experience: Air Commandos try ground ops

     The United States Special Operations Command owes its existence to Operation Eagle Claw, a joint mission that fell apart over the deserts of Iran in 1980. Since USSOCOM’s 1987 activation, Special Operations Forces from each branch of the DoD have trained extensively on how to work as a team. For

  • Special Observance: Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday

    Observance of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s birthday will occur January 16th with the theme, ‘Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off,’ to honor the first African-American and non-U.S. President to receive an official holiday.  This holiday reiterates the importance of using the examples

  • Protect your skin in the colder months

    It’s cold outside and you might think that sun protection is for the summer.  Even though the temperature is cooler, the sun is still powerful, so continue to wear sunscreen with sun protective factor (SPF) of at least 15 with both UVA and UVB protection every day.Though you may want that sun-kissed

  • Cannon after dark: A night in photos

    Like any job at any time, the work comes in waves for the Air Commandos who take care of Cannon’s air assets through the night. Late on a quiet night in November, some of the Airmen fleshing out Air Force Special Operations Command’s “any place, any time, anywhere” mission offered their thoughts on

  • Show Me the Money: Successfully navigate 2017 tax season

    It’s about that time of year where some of us ask the government to return the extra money we paid in taxes, while others pay the government a hefty bill because they unknowingly misconstrued the 74,608-page-long federal tax code. Yeah, it’s 187 times longer than it was a century ago, and even most

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