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  • Air Force focuses on green bases this Earth Day

    While Earth Day only comes around once a year on April 22, the Air Force strives to do its part every day by building cleaner, greener bases where Airmen and their families train, live and work.In the last fiscal year alone, the enterprise managed 295 renewable energy projects at 97 sites. This has

  • Base partners with New Mexico for disease containment exercise

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing partnered with several other state agencies to participate in the 2016 Spring Fever, April 5-9, a disease containment exercise. This statewide exercise is conducted every five years, every two for the Air Force, and aids in the training of health agencies

  • Sleep is serious: Catch your Zzzs

    “Beep. Beep. Beep,” the alarm blares. Time to get up. Do you hit snooze? On average, we spend 33 percent of our lives asleep. When assessing your overall health, have you considered your sleep habits? Sleep hygiene, as researchers call it, involves a variety of different behavioral practices which

  • The Order of the Sword

    Arguably the most renowned aspect of the United States Military is its reverence for tradition. Tradition is engrained in the lives of all who have raised their right hand while swearing to protect the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic. Few traditions, however, are as ancient

  • Take part in a research study

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing will have the opportunity to be part of a personalized medicine research study April 18 and 19.  Those interested in participating will have several opportunities and locations available to them: -Fitness Center: 6 a.m. to 8 a.m.; 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.; and 3

  • Know the rules before you fly that new drone

    With sales of drones expected to approach 700,000 this season, near-misses with military and commercial aircraft have increased. Federal Aviation Administration statistics show a surge in "close call with drone" reports by military and civilian pilots: nearly 700 incidents in 2015; roughly triple

  • Special Tactics Airmen train to infiltrate via free fall

    Members of the 26th Special Tactics Squadron conducted routine jump training March 25 just over the Cannon flightline, training to infiltrate hostile or remote areas where it is not possible for aircraft to land. While jumpers loaded onto an MC-130J Commando II, a ground crew worked quickly to

  • Next AFSOC command chief announced

    A veteran Air Commando will return to Hurlburt Field in June as the new senior enlisted leader for Air Force Special Operations Command.Air Force officials announced March 18 that Chief Master Sgt. Gregory Smith will rejoin the command from a post as the command senior enlisted leader at NATO

  • Spouse Flight Day slated April 15

    The 27th Special Operations Wing has a straight-forward mission: Execute specialized airpower from a premier installation. And what does this mean to you for our Air Commando family? Well, the 27th SOW would like to invite spouses from across the wing to fly on a variety of airframes April 15 to

  • MiCare updates process for personal health record

    The Air Force’s secure patient portal, MiCare, also known as RelayHealth, is making changes to the personal health record process March 28.Automatic updates to MiCare PHR will be discontinued; however, electronic health records will continue to be available through the Blue Button feature on TRICARE

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