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Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base, located approximately 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. The host unit at Cannon is the 27th Special Operations Wing (27 SOW) also known as "The Steadfast Line". [ 2] It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) which activated at the base on ...
The New Mexico National Guard is the militia of the U.S. state of New Mexico. Comprising the New Mexico Army National Guard and the New Mexico Air National Guard, it is part of the National Guard of the United States, a reserve force under both state and federal jurisdiction. The New Mexico National Guard traces its history to sixteenth century ...
Holloman Air Force Base (IATA: HMN, ICAO: KHMN, FAA LID: HMN) is a United States Air Force base established in 1942 located six miles (10 km) southwest of the central business district of Alamogordo, which is the county seat of Otero County, New Mexico, United States. The base was named in honor of Col. George V. Holloman, a pioneer in guided ...
White Sands Missile Range (WSMR) is a United States Army military testing area and firing range located in the US state of New Mexico.The range was originally established in 1941 as the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, where the Trinity test site lay at the northern end of the Range, in Socorro County near the towns of Carrizozo and San Antonio.
The New Mexico Air National Guard ( NM ANG) is the aerial militia of the State of New Mexico, United States of America. It is a reserve of the United States Air Force and along with the New Mexico Army National Guard an element of the New Mexico National Guard of much larger United States National Guard Bureau .
The New Mexico State Defense Force (NMSDF; Spanish: Fuerza de Defensa del Estado de Nuevo México ), formerly the New Mexico State Guard (NMSG; Spanish: Guardia Estatal de Nuevo México ), is part of the armed forces of the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is a reserve military force that works parallel to the state's National Guard.
Walker Air Force Base is a closed United States Air Force base located three miles (5 km) south of the central business district of Roswell, New Mexico. It was opened in 1941 as an Army Air Corps flying school and was active during World War II and the postwar era as Roswell Army Air Field ( RAAF ). During the early years of the Cold War, it ...
Aug. 4—A decision by the U.S. Air Force to pull a special operations squadron out of Cannon Air Force Base in Eastern New Mexico has raised hackles from residents in nearby Clovis, where the ...