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  • Cannon takes part in Bells Across America

    Since 2011, firefighters across the United States have gathered once a year to pay tribute to their fallen brothers and sisters. Each ceremony is simple yet solemn, focused around a firefighter ringing a bell in remembrance of each life lost throughout the year. Traditionally marking the beginning

  • Public Health advisory: Whooping cough

    Pertussis, also known as whooping cough, is a highly contagious respiratory disease caused by the bacterium Bordetella pertussis, and diagnosed throughout the year in New Mexico. Coughing can last up to 10 weeks or more, which is why the disease is sometimes known as the “100-day cough.” The

  • New name for AF Ground Safety

    The Air Force Ground Safety program was rebranded as Occupational Safety with an official name change, Oct. 1. Gen. Henry “Hap” Arnold, the former commanding general of U.S. Army Air Forces, coined the name “ground safety” in 1943 when he directed a ground safety division standup to prevent vehicle

  • Who was DL Ingram?

    Across the globe, the United States military shares a proud and noble heritage that reaches back for generations. Looking deeper, each installation enjoys its very unique and rich history. As a display of that history, every base labels some streets after various military leaders, heroes or

  • Cannon hosts 2015 EMT Rodeo

    Twenty-one teams of elite emergency medical technicians from 22 installations across the Air Force convened at Cannon Air Force Base for two days of innovative, high-octane competition during the 2015 Annual EMT Rodeo Sept. 17 and 18. During this, the rodeo’s eighth consecutive year, testers

  • Scheduled power outage for Chavez residents

    Base housing residents will experience a scheduled power outage on Saturday, Sept. 26 that will cause the Chavez housing area and the surrounding buildings to temporarily lose all power from 6 a.m. to 4 p.m. According to Lt. Col. Joel Sloan, 27th Special Operations Civil Engineer Squadron commander,

  • 318th SOS Airman engineers life of success

    Editor’s note: This is the fourth in a series of spotlight interviews featuring various Cannon Commandos. When writing great works of literature, many authors prefer to start from the end and work their way to the beginning, finding it easier to pen the journey once the destination has been

  • Civil Air Patrol a member of USAF’s Total Force

    Civil Air Patrol officially joined the active duty Air Force, Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve Command, along with Air Force retired military and civilian employees as a member of the U.S. Air Force’s Total Force Aug. 28. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Welsh made the announcement the

  • USAF celebrates 68 years

    Air Force Special Operations Command provides highly-trained, rapidly-deployable combat-ready Air Commandos to conduct and support global special operations missions. As you read this, Special Operations Forces members around the world are actively engaged in on-going campaigns ranging from

  • Cannon honors POW/MIA service members

    Each year, ceremonies affirming America’s commitment to bring home its Prisoner of War and Missing in Action service members are held across the country on military installations and ships at sea; at state capitals, schools and churches; by national veteran and civic organizations, police and fire

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