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  • Gathering information, broadening horizons

    The Regional Growth Management Office, in conjunction with the Public-Private Private-Public Partnership and other affiliates, hosted a regional Spring Job Fair April 29, at the Clovis Civic Center, N.M.Event coordinators held the fair to help connect local job seekers with businesses that needed

  • Earth Day: Commitment to sustainability

    The United States Air Force prides itself on sustainability, referring to its ability to enable and continue missions without diminishment to its operations or the natural and man-made systems that support them. Exercising resource stewardship empowers Airmen to understand the overall spectrum of

  • Cannon welcomes new special tactics squadron

    The activation of the 26th Special Tactics Squadron, formerly Detachment 1 of the 720th Special Tactics Group, Hurlburt Field, Fla., was commemorated by a ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., April 24.As the first special tactics squadron to be affiliated with the base, no ordinary squadron

  • Cadets visit Cannon

    Cadets from the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado Springs, Colo., visited Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., for four days beginning April 10.A little more than 400 miles away at the USAF Academy, lieutenants for the Air Force and future leaders for this nation are made. These future leaders spend four

  • HIMARS training update

    Air commandos will be preforming their annual High Mobility Artillery Rocket System training April 29 and 30 at Melrose Air Range, N.M.The training will consist of firing off 24 rockets that will break the sound barrier causing mild sonic booms.The rockets will be fired between 2 p.m. and 5 p.m.,

  • Maj. Gen. Joseph Ward, AAFES Deputy Director, tours Cannon AFB

    Maj. Gen. Joseph Ward, Army and Air Force Exchange Service deputy director, visited Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., April 9-11 to view the ongoing growth of the base and discuss the future of Exchange services. Ward is one of 54 active duty service members assigned to the Exchange to carry out this

  • Historic AC-130H receives new home

    In the early morning light, the streets of Cannon Air Force Base, N.M. fell silent. Preparations had been made for the front gate to be closed, traffic lights to be removed and all potential obstacles had been planned for accordingly. It's not every day that a mighty AC-130H Spectre gunship slowly

  • MPOY: Celebrating maintenance excellence

    Shouts and cheers echoed throughout Hangar 4605 as the 27th Special Operations Maintenance Group celebrated its top Airmen March 21 during the Maintenance Professional of the Year banquet at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M.The MPOY banquet is an annual event for the squadrons of the 27 SOMXG. After five

  • Cannon's upcoming open house

    Preparations for performances, static displays, games, food and drinks at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., have already begun in organizations across the wing working together to stage an air show, the first here since 2006, that may bring out the biggest crowd this base has ever seen. Months of

  • Airmen must revalidate dependents

    By Dec. 31, every Airman will be required to provide their servicing finance office with documentation for all dependents as part of Air Force audit readiness efforts.This one-time, Air Force-wide recertification process will allow the Air Force to validate Airmen's basic allowance for housing

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