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Clovis AAF was renamed "Clovis Air Force Base" on 13 January 1948. However, with no funds to host an active Strategic Air Command (SAC) bomb wing, Clovis AFB was placed on reserve/standby status on 1 July 1948. Its caretaker unit was the 234th Air Force Base Unit. 474th Tactical Fighter Wing Commanders' F-100D Super Sabre at Cannon AFB during ...
MQ-1 Predator, with inert Hellfire missiles, on display A PC-12 Pilatus parks on Cannon's flightline. The 27th Special Operations Group (27 SOG) is the flying component of the 27th Special Operations Wing, assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC).
On 13 May 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure Commission recommended that Cannon Air Force Base be closed. However, on 25 August 2005, the BRAC Commission overturned the recommendation that Cannon AFB be closed, but upheld the withdrawal of the base's F-16 fighter aircraft.
Cannon AFB: PC-12 [2] 319th Special Operations Squadron: Hurlburt Field: U-28A [15] 415th Special Operations Squadron: Kirtland AFB: MC-130J Commando II, HC-130J Combat King II: Training Squadron 427th Special Operations Squadron: Pope Air Force Base: 512th Special Operations Squadron: Kirtland AFB: UH-1N Twin Huey, HH-60 Pave Hawk: 6 October 2000
474th F-100D at Cannon AFB. The 474th Fighter Bomber Wing was activated at Cannon Air Force Base (IATA code CVS) on 8 October 1957, replacing the 474th Fighter Bomber Group and including the 428th, 429th, 430th and 478th Fighter Bomber Squadrons. It was redesignated the 474th Tactical Fighter Wing (TFW) on 1 July 1958 with the associated ...
The 6th Special Operations Squadron is part of the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW) at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. The squadron operates MC-130J Commando II aircraft in support of special operations. The 6th SOS specializes in the use of night vision goggles and formation tactics to refuel large helicopter and tilt-rotor formations.
Aug. 31—The Air Force is investigating the release of about 7,000 gallons of water containing per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or "PFAS," into a "compromised" lined retention pond at Cannon ...
It was based out of Cannon AFB, New Mexico. The 551st had previously been based at Kirtland AFB , New Mexico as an Air Education and Training Command (AETC) unit within the 58th Special Operations Wing from 15 March 1976 until its inactivation on 10 May 2007.