Cannon AFB
Cannon Air Force Base, a major Air Combat Command installation, lies in the high plains of eastern New Mexico, near the Texas Panhandle. The base is eight miles west of Clovis, New Mexico, and is 4,295 feet above sea level. The history of the base began in the late 1920s, when a civilian passenger facility, Portair Field, was established on the site. Portair, a terminal for early commercial transcontinental flights, flew passengers in the Ford Trimotor “Tin Goose” by day, and used Pullman trains for night travel. Cannon Air Force Base is named in honor of the late Gen. John K. Cannon, former commander of the Tactical Air Command. Four premier fighter squadrons make their home at Cannon: the 522nd, 523rd, 524th and the 428th figther squadrons.
Clovis, NM
The eastern New Mexico region was home to the Clovis culture, a significant early anthropological group of Native Americans. Historical remains were found at the Blackwater Draw site, which remains a historical and tourist site to today. The town was named after Clovis, the first Christian king of the Franks, according to some reports because the settlement's railroad station master's daughter was studying French at the time of the town's naming and proposed the appellation.
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