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  • AFSOC Executive Director visits Cannon

    Stephen Herrera, Air Force Special Operations Command executive director, visited Cannon Air Force Base for a first-hand look at the mission and the Airmen and civilians who accomplish it, June 27-28, 2016. Herrera is the first executive director for AFSOC, a position which includes supporting the

  • Cannon surpasses standards in 2015 drinking water quality report

    Col. Ben Maitre, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, is pleased to present the 2015 Drinking Water Quality Report. The bioenvironmental engineering technicians of the 27th Special Operations Medical Group strive to provide high-quality, safe and reliable drinking water to Air Commandos, their

  • Hitting the ground running

    Getting to a new duty location can be a stressful event for Airmen of any rank. For some First Term Airmen, the time it takes to get acclimated to the active-duty Air Force can be quite lengthy. However, for Airman 1st Class Conner Brush, 33rd Special Operations Squadron MQ-9 sensor operator,

  • Blended retirement system training now available

    Online training designed to educate Airmen about the new Blended Retirement System, the Defense Department system with changes on the current military retirement system, is now available via Joint Knowledge Online course number P-US1330. The course is also available to those without a Common Access

  • A shining star

    “We can find meaning and reward by serving some higher purpose than ourselves, a shining purpose, the illumination of a Thousand Points of Light…we all have something to give," said Former United States President George H. W. Bush, during his 1989 inaugural address.And one Air Commando here found

  • Wing to adopt Green Dot initiative

    The 27th Special Operations Wing recently announced its plans to implement the Green Dot violence-prevention initiative into its sexual assault prevention and response program in the coming year.Green Dot prepares organizations to implement a strategy of violence prevention that reduces power-based

  • Master sergeant stays vigilant with the Civil Air Patrol

    As the sun peaks above the horizon and paints the sky gold on a perfect Saturday morning, Master Sgt. Armando Carrion, 551st Special Operations Squadron linguist schoolhouse superintendent, is sipping his coffee and checking the current weather patterns on his tablet. Soon he will unlock the hangar

  • June is National Safety Month

    The Air Force Safety Center joins the National Safety Council in highlighting June as National Safety Month.According to the NSC, the goal for National Safety Month is to raise awareness of what it takes to stay "SafeForLife," and focus on reducing the leading causes of injury and death at work, on

  • AF selects 1,447 for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel, major

    The Air Force selected 1,447 for promotion to colonel, lieutenant colonel and major during the 2016B Colonel Biomedical Sciences Corps; Lieutenant Colonel Line of the Air Force, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Sciences Corps; and Major Biomedical Sciences Corps central selection boards.The

  • New C-130J contract to save DOD millions

    The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's Mobility Directorate signed a multiyear contract with Lockheed Martin to procure 78 C-130J Super Hercules with the option to buy up to 83 over the next five years.The agreement is the second multiyear contract for the C-130J and it saves the Defense

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