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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 ...
The 522d Fighter Squadron, known as the Fireballs, were inactivated upon their return to Cannon AFB and the 27 FW became the 27th Special Operations Group on 1 October 2007. Among the units that joined the group were the 3d SOS (MQ-1), 73d SOS (MC-130W) and 318th SOS (light transport aircraft) as well as the 20th SOS (CV-22s).
U.S. Airmen render a salute for the posting of the colors during the 27th Special Operations Wing's change of command ceremony at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico, 2 June 2017. On 1 November 1991, the 27 TFW was re-designated the 27th Fighter Wing as part of an Air Force-wide reorganization.
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
EF-111, s/n 66–0057, on display at the National Museum of the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio EF-111 s/n 66-0049, on display at Mountain Home AFB, ID. Of the converted aircraft, three were destroyed in crashes, four are on display, and the other 35 were scrapped. [25] [26] 66-0016 is on display at Cannon Air Force Base, New Mexico. It ...
The 430th Expeditionary Electronic Combat Squadron is an active United States Air Force unit. It is assigned to the 451st Expeditionary Operations Group.. The 430th Fighter Squadron, nicknamed "The Backdoor Gang", [4] was first activated during World War II as part of the 474th Fighter Group and served in the European Theater of Operations, where it earned a Distinguished Unit Citation and the ...
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 ...
In 1968, the 174th TFG was federalized and placed on active duty. The Group was alerted for active duty on 11 April 1968, partially mobilized on 13 May and deployed to Cannon Air Force Base, Clovis, New Mexico. The mission of the 174th was to train Forward Air Controllers (FAC) for service in South Vietnam. The FAC flew a light observation ...