page_title: Cannon Air Force Base
section_title: External links
hierarchical_section_title: Cannon Air Force Base / External links
caption_attribution_description: English: en:Wind rose showing distribution of wind speed and direction for en:Cannon Air Force Base for the year 2016.
context_page_description: Cannon Air Force Base is a United States Air Force Base, located approximately 7 miles southwest of Clovis, New Mexico. It is under the jurisdiction of Air Force Special Operations Command. The population of the Cannon AFB CDP was 2,245 as of the 2010 census. The host unit at Cannon is the 27th Special Operations Wing, which activated on 1 October 2007, and is assigned to the Air Force Special Operations Command. The 27 SOW plans and executes specialized and contingency operations using advanced aircraft, tactics and air refueling techniques to infiltrate, exfiltrate and resupply special operations forces and provide intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance and close air support in support of SOF operations.
  Cannon AFB was established in 1942 as Army Air Base, Clovis. The commander of the 27th Special Operations Wing is Colonel Tony D. Bauernfeind. The Command Chief Master Sergeant is Paul J Henderson II.
  A variety of special operations aircraft are stationed at Cannon, including the AC-130W Stinger II, MQ-1 Predator, MQ-9 Reaper, CV-22 Osprey and several versions of light and medium transport aviation aircraft.
context_section_description: Cannon Air Force Base, official site
  New Cannon Units Q&A
  Cannon Library
  Cannon Air Force Base at GlobalSecurity.org
  Cannon AFB Lodging
  F-100s of the 27th TFW
  F-100s of the 317th TFW
  F-100s of the 474th TFW
  FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 13, 2020
  FAA Terminal Procedures for CVS, effective August 13, 2020
  Resources for this U.S. military airport:
  FAA airport information for CVS
  AirNav airport information for KCVS
  ASN accident history for CVS
  NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
  SkyVector aeronautical chart for KCVS
caption: Wind rose showing distribution of wind speed and direction for Cannon Air Force Base for the year 2016.
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