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  • Cannon Exchange doubles April gas savings

    The Army & Air Force Exchange Service is pumping up the savings on gas by doubling the discount for MILITARY STAR cardholders, April 10 – 12. During this time, drivers fueling up with their MILITARY STAR card at Exchange gas stations will receive 10 cents off per gallon instead of the everyday

  • Pilots, combat systems officers may be eligible for retention incentives

    Air Force officials recently announced that eligible active-duty pilots and combat systems officers will have until Sept. 30 to apply for the fiscal year 2015 Aviator Retention Pay Program.“The Air Force continues to expand previous ARP programs to decisively and deliberately shape and retain the

  • Celebrate National Library Week: Unlimited Possibilities

    During National Library Week, communities across the country are able to celebrate libraries in their area. This is the perfect time to remind our Cannon community about our library’s contributions to Air Commandos. “Unlimited Possibilities” is a fitting theme for this year’s celebration, April

  • SAPR speaker provides powerful insight to sexual abuse

    Dr. David Lisak, a nationally recognized forensic consultant, professional trainer and lecturer in the field of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, provided his expertise to Cannon’s Air Commandos during five briefings over the course of two days, Thursday and Friday. Cannon’s Sexual Assault

  • Cannon recognizes future Air Force enlisted leaders

    A combination of twenty senior airmen and staff sergeant-selects moved one step closer to becoming tomorrow’s supervisors as they graduated from Airman Leadership School Thursday.The graduates celebrated the completion of classes in communication skills, supervisory skills and professionalism over a

  • Math in the Military

    Volunteers from Cannon took part in the Math in the Military event at Gattis Middle School in Clovis, New Mexico, Thursday. Air Commandos had the opportunity to put their Air Force practices into a hands-on event for the students of Gattis, which included learning about ratios involving equipment on

  • New MilTA requirements

    Recently, the Air Force made several changes to the tuition assistance program that could affect some recipients of TA in significant ways.The Air Force TA program is a quality-of-life initiative that provides 100 percent of tuition fees for college courses taken by active-duty military members. The

  • The Great American Cleanup

    Volunteers from Cannon, as well as members of the local community, gathered at the Parks and Recreation Center for the annual Great American Cleanup before the sun finished rising Saturday. Teams were formed, t-shirts and doughnuts were shared between friends and colleagues, and the men and women

  • Family, friends gather to celebrate during naturalization ceremony

    They are willing to fight for a country that they weren’t even citizens of. I wish all Americans felt that way about their country. – Capt. Kirk ThorsteinsonTwo of Cannon’s Air Commandos and two military spouses became American citizens during a naturalization ceremony held at the Pecos Trail Dining