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  • Cannon takes Men’s Military World Tournament

    Airman Thomas Trower The Cannon slow-pitch softball team competed in the Men’s Military World Tournament in Panama City, Fla. on Aug. 19. The team represented the base by coming out on top and winning the final game of the tournament against Charleston Air Force Base, S.C., 18-9. The tournament consisted of 22 teams from several military services from all over the country. It was a double elimination tournament and Cannon went all the way to the final team without a single loss. One of the head coaches, Tech. Sgt. Brenton T...

  • Base backers "distressed"

    Freedom Newspapers

    CNJ STAFF WRITER [email protected] Clovis-Portales citizens, city commissioners and other government officials, perched on the edge of their seats, many with cell phones in hand, watched intently Friday morning from the Clovis-Carver Public Library as the nine-member military-base closure panel debated, and continuously postponed, the fate of Cannon Air Force Base. Reserved shouts of glee, often followed by bursts of applause, and wide smiles marked the start of BRAC discussions on Cannon. But the mood turned... Full story

  • Cannon survives ... for now

    The Associated Press WASHINGTON — A federal panel voted Friday to accept the Pentagon’s recommendation to send Cannon Air Force Base’s three F-16 fighter squadrons elsewhere — but stopped short of closing Cannon. Instead, the commission voted 6-1, with two abstentions, to turn it into an enclave, keeping the eastern New Mexico base open in a much-reduced form while the Defense Department searches for another mission for it. “It’s not a closure; it allows a facility to remain open in a diminished state,” said Commissioner...