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  • Cannon 90+ Club

    These 23 Airmen received a 90 percent or higher score on their Career Development Courses (CDCs) in the second quarter of 2007. 27th Fighter Wing Airman Elliott Sprehe - 94% 27th Operations Support Squadron Staff Sgt. Robert Royals -- 91% 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Staff Sgt. Jason

  • Cannon athletes vie for triathlon honors

    Swimming 500 meters, riding a bike for 10 kilometers, then running five more probably would not be considered the ideal weekend activity for most people. For nine hardcore athletes, that was just what the doctor ordered on June 23, however, as the 27th Services Squadron held its annual

  • Cadets experience Air Force enlisted, NCO world

    Thirty Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets repainted a plane, worked at 27th Fighter Wing squadrons and practiced marksmanship skills here as they became familiar with how the Air Force enlisted and NCO Airmen takes care of business. The cadets participated in the portion of the

  • Cannon hosts Pioneer Airfest

    Cannon Air Force Base was the host of nine wings here, including our 27th Fighter Wing, on June 8 for the Pioneer Airfest. The Airfest was a friendly, two-part competition between wings from across the 12th Air Force as well as the 1st Special Operations Wing out of Hurlburt Field, Fla. The event

  • Bataan bricks honor fallen

    Shortly before Memorial Day and D-Day anniversaries were celebrated, Bill Richter, 27th Civil Engineer Squadron, quietly placed engraved bricks in a small memorial near the base chapel. Moments later Janie Lopez laid a brick with her son, Jose Lopez Jr., dedicated to her husband, Jose Lopez, who

  • Fireballs fly out one last time

    Airmen from the 522nd Fighter Squadron, the "Fireballs", and 522nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit Airmen deployed over the weekend as a portion of the Aerospace Expeditionary Force 7/8 rotation from Cannon Air Force Base. The current deployment is the last rotation of the AEF cycle for Cannon as the 27th

  • 523rd Fighter Squadron furls colors

    More than 60 years of flying and fighting history closed May 23 as the 523rd Fighter Squadron, also known as the Crusaders, inactivated during ceremonies at The Landing . The ceremony, begun precisely at 5:23 p.m., also honored and remembered the service and dedication of all Crusader Airmen who

  • "Jail time" highlights Police Week

    Airmen throughout Cannon were served warrants May 15 and hustled into jail by members of the 27th Security Forces Squadron, where they forlornly sat, watching cars drive through the main gate. Luckily, for those Airmen who in confinement, they hadn't actually done anything wrong. They were part of

  • Airmen hone combat skills

    Building defensive fighting positions, learning hand-to-hand combat skills and completing the mission in a hostile-fire zone are but a few of the combat skills Cannon Airmen learn when preparing for deployment, courtesy of the 27th Security Forces Squadron Expeditionary Combat Skills training. The

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