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  • Tower simulator key to success on flightline

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    Aircraft hover above the skyline, trucks bear heavy loads down the road and everywhere there are people busy working on aircraft. The flightline is a beehive of activity that if not carefully organized would collapse upon itself and dissolve into chaos. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Hickle, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, instructs a plane to land while completing a simulation on the Tower Simulation System Aug. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base. The...

  • Tower simulator key to success on flightline

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    Aircraft hover above the skyline, trucks bear heavy loads down the road and everywhere there are people busy working on aircraft. The flightline is a beehive of activity that if not carefully organized would collapse upon itself and dissolve into chaos. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Matthew Hickle, 27th Special Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, instructs a plane to land while completing a simulation on the Tower Simulation System Aug. 22 at Cannon Air Force Base. The...

  • PMEL: Cannon's best kept secret

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    Evidence of their work is everywhere — on the flightline, at the vehicle repair shop, the gym and even while loading an aircraft. This group helps maintain up to 20 mission essential priorities a month and touches over 4000 pieces of equipment a year. They support up to 80 different work centers as well as the Melrose Air Force Range and allow the mission to continue worldwide. USAF: Senior Airman Jette Carr Roy Burghardt, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory technician, read...

  • PMEL: Cannon's best kept secret

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    Evidence of their work is everywhere — on the flightline, at the vehicle repair shop, the gym and even while loading an aircraft. This group helps maintain up to 20 mission essential priorities a month and touches over 4000 pieces of equipment a year. They support up to 80 different work centers as well as the Melrose Air Force Range and allow the mission to continue worldwide. USAF: Senior Airman Jette Carr Roy Burghardt, 27th Special Operations Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory technician, read...

  • Cannon achieves serene state

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    The Base Chapel sponsored the Buddhist Meditation and Yoga Workshop July 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom Buddhist monk Ajasn Anake leads a breathing exercise during a Buddhist meditation and yoga workshop July 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. The Base Chapel sponsored the workshop, which was held in the Youth Center and included a yoga session as well as a home-made lunch buffet. The event was lead by U.S. Army Capt. Somya Malasri, 593rd Sustainment Brigade chaplain, and included a yoga session...

  • Cannon achieves serene state

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    The Base Chapel sponsored the Buddhist Meditation and Yoga Workshop July 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom Buddhist monk Ajasn Anake leads a breathing exercise during a Buddhist meditation and yoga workshop July 8 at Cannon Air Force Base. The Base Chapel sponsored the workshop, which was held in the Youth Center and included a yoga session as well as a home-made lunch buffet. The event was lead by U.S. Army Capt. Somya Malasri, 593rd Sustainment Brigade chaplain, and included a yoga session...

  • Commentary: First-term airman describes deployment impact

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    When I first found out last August that I was deploying, I was absolutely thrilled. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom Participants in the Senior Airman Jason Cunningham Remembrance Ruck March trudge along the perimeter of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on March 4. Cunningham was a pararescueman who died in combat March 4, 2002, while saving 10 men's lives. The Air Force's Camp Cunningham at Bagram Airfield is named after him. The ruck march was one part of a three-part ceremony held in remembrance of the 10 year...

  • Commentary: First-term airman describes deployment impact

    Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom 27th SOW Public Affairs

    When I first found out last August that I was deploying, I was absolutely thrilled. USAF: Airman 1st Class Ericka Engblom Participants in the Senior Airman Jason Cunningham Remembrance Ruck March trudge along the perimeter of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on March 4. Cunningham was a pararescueman who died in combat March 4, 2002, while saving 10 men's lives. The Air Force's Camp Cunningham at Bagram Airfield is named after him. The ruck march was one part of a three-part ceremony held in remembrance of the 10 year...