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  • Hometown hero enjoys F-16C flight

    Ronnie Marez, the hometown hero selected by the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds for his service to the community, flew in the back seat of a Thunderbird F-16C Fighting Falcon while the aircraft's pilot demonstrated the abilities of the aircraft. Reaching speeds in excess of 500 miles per hour as the

  • Cannon conducts Mass Casualty Exercise

    With a shout the exercise is set in motion: runners take off in all directions, frantic calls are made as the dead, wounded and dying lie scattered in various positions of agony across the pavement. Help soon arrives in the form of a fire truck, its lights flash as medics jump out bearing kits and

  • HIMARS makes its mark

    In an effort to hone their skills, a highly-trained group of U.S. Army soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division from Fort Bragg, North Carolina, braved high-speed winds to deploy their M-142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System April 30 at Melrose Air Force Range, N.M.The HIMARS is part of the

  • Static display dedicated at AC-130H retirement ceremony

    This feature is the fifth in a continuous series highlighting the phase out and eventual retirement of the eight AC-130H Spectre gunships at Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., scheduled to occur in fiscal year 2015."Gravedigger," a stately AC-130H Spectre gunship, stands sentinel May 6 near the main gate

  • 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

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