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Broadcasters thank Cannon Airmen - again

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  • By Airman Elliott Sprehe
  • 27th Fighter Wing Public Affairs
CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N.M. --  Twenty pizzas, two local radio personalities and dozens of screaming children isn't an average night at the base chapel, but that was just the scene here Aug. 21. 

Steve Rooney and Duffy Moon, owners of Rooney Moon Broadcasting, which owns a number of local AM and FM radio stations in eastern New Mexico, recorded video and audio greetings for their trip to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, where a number of Cannon Airmen are currently deployed. 

The recordings are part of Operation Thanks Again, which gives family members of deployed Airmen the opportunity to show their love and support for their Airmen, who are thousands of miles away. 

This is the third trip the disc jockey duo have taken in support of Cannon's fighter squadrons. 

"We went to Misawa Air Base, Japan and visited the (523rd Fighter Squadron)," said Duffy Moon. "We followed it up with a trip to Iraq this past Thanksgiving (to visit the 524th FS) and we thought to come full circle we would go ahead and visit the (522nd FS)." 

"The support that the military gets from Rooney and Moon is wonderful," said Rhonda Fingal, whose husband Lt. Col. Tod Fingal, 522nd FS commander, is currently deployed to Guam. 

In addition to video recordings and audio messages Rooney and Moon brought a banner filled with family messages and also personal letters and packages. 

"It's nice to get people together and send something over to them and let them know we're thinking about them," said Lacy Penny, whose husband Airman 1st Class Roger Penny, 27th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, is deployed to Guam. "It's just an incredible gesture on their part." 

"For us, it's the pinnacle of our career. It's just an incredible feeling," said Duffy. 

"It gives us just a little bit of a personal idea of what it's like for the deployed guys," said Steve. "For myself, one of my kids is starting school while I'm in Guam. And that's one of the things I won't be around for. And those are the things that deployed Airmen miss all the time. It's part of the job."

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