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  • Cannon honors 77th anniversary of Pearl Harbor

    CANNON AIR FORCE BASE, N. M. - Base Honor Guardsmen raised the American flag at 10:48 a.m. local time, at the wing building on base Dec. 7, 2018. This event happened exactly 77 years from the minute when Imperial Japanese aircraft descended upon the naval base at Pearl Harbor and began a surprise

  • Postal; a place with more than parcels

    Charlie Widner, 27th Special Operations Communications Squadron, speaks with a customer at the base mail center at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, Nov. 16, 2018. Widner has worked at the mail center for over two years, helping out hundreds of customers a day by helping organize and deliver mail

  • Better ingredients, new recipes innovate Cannon dining experience

    When Airman 1st Class Michelle Brooks, 27th Special Operations Force Support Squadron food service apprentice, opens the kitchen up to begin the day, she takes part in the morning meeting that prepares all Pecos Trail Dining Facility Airmen for the workday. She’s given a specific station to focus on

  • Cannon claws through golf course zombie run

    Participants of the "Zombie Escape Run" at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, finish the 5K event at the marked safe zone Oct. 26, 2018. The running path began, surrounded and cut through the Whispering Winds Golf Course, finally ending in the same place it began. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior

  • Meet the hands that keeps CV-22 instruments working

    The Air Force is equipped with aircraft that feature some of the most sophisticated electronic systems in the world. It requires a specialized career field with talented Airmen to maintain and keep the aircraft in top condition.

  • Cannon load crew continues hot streak of perfection

    As I stepped into the enormous hangar with my camera bag slung over my shoulder, I spotted the team I had heard so much about; the team I was specifically there to meet. The trio, led by Tech. Sgt. Christopher Shamburger, greeted me near an MQ-9 Reaper that was tucked between one of the walls of the

  • Meet the commanders: 27th SOCPTS - Maj. John Forbes

    Note: This is part of a planned series of commentaries from commanders across Cannon Air Force Base Sir Isaac Newton is attributed with saying, “if I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” I’m sure each of you can vividly picture your own personal giants - those intrepid

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