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  • AFSOC announces 2014 award winners

    27th Special Operations Group-2014 Aviation Resource Management Award for large unit73rd Special Operations Squadron:-2014 Air Force Special Operations Command Squadron of the Year56th Special Operations Intelligence SquadronSenior Airman Ryan Jewell: Outstanding Intelligence, Surveillance and

  • The truth about toothpaste

    Our morning routine can be somewhat mindless and monotonous. It is the same thing day after day, week after week, month after month. We wake up, shower, get dressed for work, brush our teeth, fix our hair and before we know it we are at work doing the daily grind. Do any of us really think about

  • Travelers’ health: Sun, sand and Chikungunya

    Leave has been approved, suitcases have been packed and you are all set to go on vacation. Make sure you do not forget your sunscreen. You have been saving leave and tucking away cash for a week in the Bahamas - sun, sand and… Chikungunya. Wait… what?In case you were curious, Chikungunya is a

  • A&FRC provides critical program to Team Cannon

    The Transition Assistance Program, commonly referred to as TAP, was initiated by the Veterans Opportunity to Work Act of 2011. The Veterans Employment Initiative requires that four congressionally mandated appointments be completed by all military personnel, regardless of branch, before separating

  • 27th SOW welcomes new commander

    Members of the 27th Special Operations Wing gathered as the guidon was passed from Col. Tony D. Bauernfeind to Col. Benjamin R. Maitre, signifying the changing of command from one commander to another, Feb. 17. Lt. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, Commander Air Force Special Operations Command, presided

  • Pride epidemic

    Col. Tony D. Bauernfeind, 27th Special Operations Wing commander, has changed Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., through his use of access, not power."He has continuously implemented change to further solidify Cannon as a premier Air Force installation,” said Lt. Gen. Brad Heithold, commander Air Force

  • New programs generate student opportunities

    After a year-long effort by a school working group, Air Commando families have new access to educational opportunities within the Cannon community and the local area. Stronger ties between the base and the community, more open communication, and a wider variety of programming for students, teachers

  • Public health advisory: Measles

    If you keep up with current news, chances are you have seen reports of an outbreak of measles occurring within the United States. The recent outbreak has allegedly been linked to the Disneyland amusement park located in Anaheim, California. As of Jan. 30 2015, 102 people from 14 states were reported

  • Unearthing the past of Air Commando territory

    A Homestead discovery from the early twentieth-century may not generate much interest outside archeological circles, especially compared to the expansive back-dates of some of the earliest archaeological findings of about 11,500 years ago for the region.  Yet, in April of 2012, members from the 27th

  • AFSOC Priority #4: Modernize and Sustain the Force

    Editor's note: This is the fourth in a series of articles focusing on each of the four AFSOC priorities.Air Commandos,I am extremely proud of your achievements as we continue to fight in complex and dangerous areas around the world. Air Force Special Operations Command has been in constant combat

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