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  • Aircraft Structural Maintenance breathes new life into historic Pave Low

    As resilient and durable as the U.S. Air Force’s aircraft are today, they are still susceptible to damage from the result of day-to-day mission operations. The responsibility of repairing these impaired aircraft and ensuring their structural integrity before returning them to the fight falls on the

  • Health Alert: Curry County sees rise in Fifth Disease

    Recently, there has been a slight spike of Fifth disease in children living in Curry County, N.M.  The Cannon Air Force Base Public Health Office has collaborated with the Cannon Pediatric Clinic and local county health departments to investigate the situation.  Normally, a rise in Fifth disease

  • 16th SOS hosts, teaches local MESA students

    The 16th Special Operations Squadron welcomed students from Portales High School into the special operations fold for a lesson in advanced math, engineering and science as employed by the warfighter, Dec. 9 at the 27th Special Operations Wing. Roughly 30 students belonging to the high school’s Math

  • Cannon’s weather flight: Predicting the unpredictable

    Since becoming home to the 27th Special Operations Wing nearly 10 years ago, the eastern New Mexico skies have played host to an assortment of platforms ranging from gunships to remotely piloted aircraft.More often than not, Mother Nature favors the wing mission, allowing operators to hone their

  • Everyday excellence: Honor Guard celebrates victory

    Veteran’s Day weekend was a busy one for Cannon’s Base Honor Guard, according to the program’s manager, Tech. Sgt. Travis Eldridge. But the team’s efforts were rewarded when they won in their category at Saturday’s Clovis, N.M., Veteran’s Day parade.“We won the first place trophy for veterans’

  • Media Release: Airman found dead in Clovis home

    A U.S. Air Force Airman from 27th Special Operations Wing was found dead in his Clovis home around 10:15 a.m. Dec. 21.A friend discovered the body. The Airman’s name is being withheld until 24 hours after the next of kin has been notified. Details surrounding the death are under investigation but an

  • Holiday Express makes season merry, bright

    Three steep steps was all it took to transport dozens of Air Commandos and their littlest loved ones from a downtown Clovis railyard into a winter wonderland aglow with twinkling lights, glittering ornaments and smelling of freshly-baked sugar cookies.In a gesture representative of the lasting bonds

  • Air commandos donate blood, save lives

    Air commandos donated blood during an Armed Services Blood Program blood drive in bldg. 54 on Nov. 16, 2016, at the 27th Special Operations Wing. The ASBP, a joint field operating agency established more than 60 years ago, hosted the drive from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in order to accumulate blood used for

  • Air Commandos learn local Air Force history

    History provides lessons learned for the present, but when used in a professional setting, it can facilitate a forum for professional growth. The 27th Special Operations Wing historian hosted an off-site professional development trip Dec. 8, visiting the location of the former Reese Air Force Base

  • OSI spreads public awareness of holiday scams

    The U.S. Air Force Office of Special Investigations put out a public notice of various scams associated with the holiday season to watch out for this December 2016.The bulletin states to be aware of scams incorporated into online, e-mail, social media, phone and work device use. According to the

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