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  • Clovis businesses selling "spice" off limits to Cannon military

    Three Clovis, N.M., businesses known to be selling the substance known as "spice" have now been ordered off limits to all military service members assigned temporarily or permanently to Cannon Air Force Base by the 27th Special Operations Wing commander.In a July 9 memorandum to all Cannon

  • Air Force wounded warrior rides from coast to coast

    A combat controller, who last year was laying in a hospital fighting for his life, is now riding his bicycle across America as part of his rehabilitation and to inspire other wounded warriors.Along with 19 of his teammates, Staff Sgt. Marc Esposito from the 21st Special Tactics Squadron at Pope Air

  • 'Bad guys' add realism to capabilities exercise

    The Army Special Forces team jumped out of a Cannon MC-130W, deployed their parachutes to slowly descend to the landing zone. After hitting the hard New Mexico soil, they fanned out and moved toward their objective.This began the scenario of the Cannon capabilities exercise held June 24 for Airmen,

  • Air Commando One honored, remembered

    More than 500 friends, family members and servicemembers gathered at the Hurlburt Field Soundside Club to honor and remember "Air Commando One" during a memorial ceremony July 2.Airmen of all ranks, including Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Medal of Honor recipient retired Col.

  • Cannon Airman lives 'excellence in all we do'

    A Cannon Airman has given new meaning to the Air Force core value, "excellence in all we do," after having trained thousands of hours to help his team place first in a recent armed forces triathlon, while still volunteering countless hours to the local community.Capt. Ken Corigliano, 11th

  • CAPEX a first for 27 SOW

    27th Special Operations Wing hosted its first Capabilities Exercise (CAPEX) June 26 at Melrose Air Force Range to give approximately 400 Airmen and their families a better understanding of what the wing does in combat and how special operations forces and aircraft interact to accomplish its

  • 'Air Commando One' to be honored for work, impact on AFSOC community

    The general who pioneered Air Force special operations is scheduled to be honored in a memorial service Friday, July 2 at 9 a.m. at the Hurlburt Field Air Park.Retired Brig. Gen. Harry "Heinie" Aderholt died May 20 in his Okaloosa County, Fla. home after a 91-year life and more than 30 years of Air

  • Special Tactics Squadron double amputee makes historic jump

    Air Force history was made yesterday when a wounded warrior from the 22nd Special Tactics Squadron became the first Active-Duty double amputee to successfully participate in a personnel drop.Staff Sergeant Shaun Meadows, along with 39 of his co-workers, conducted a practice run parachute jump from a

  • Hurlburt dental team aids, trains West African countries

    Two Hurlburt dental Airmen recently returned to work after a one-month temporary duty assignment to West Africa in support of Exercise Flintlock, an annual exercise that focuses on improving interoperability between the militaries of the United States, Europe and Northern and Western African

  • Hurlburt Airmen aid local community members

    More than a dozen Hurlburt Airmen were on scene providing medical care to passengers just seconds after a pickup truck was struck by a garbage truck June 9 on Florida State Road 87.The Airmen, consisting of various aircrew personnel, Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape specialists, and medical