With a VA loan — no down payment, no PMI — your monthly BAH can go toward a mortgage instead of a landlord's pocket. The median home near Cannon AFB runs about $202,525.

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All Cannon AFB BAH Rates by Pay Grade

Pay Grade	With Dependents	Without Dependents
Enlisted
E-1	$1,260	$1,050
E-2	$1,260	$1,050
E-3	$1,260	$1,050
E-4	$1,260	$1,050
E-5	$1,365	$1,107
E-6	$1,593	$1,194
E-7	$1,695	$1,272
E-8	$1,806	$1,416
E-9	$1,890	$1,476
Warrant Officer
W-1	$1,611	$1,236
W-2	$1,740	$1,413
W-3	$1,878	$1,485
W-4	$1,893	$1,611
W-5	$1,917	$1,719
Officer (Prior Enlisted)
O-1E (Prior Enlisted)	$1,713	$1,362
O-2E (Prior Enlisted)	$1,857	$1,461
O-3E (Prior Enlisted)	$1,896	$1,584
Officer
O-1	$1,401	$1,152
O-2	$1,590	$1,335
O-3	$1,875	$1,506
O-4	$1,920	$1,695
O-5	$1,944	$1,755
O-6	$1,956	$1,857
O-7	$1,968	$1,887

Official 2026 BAH rates for the CANNON AFB/CLOVIS, NM Military Housing Area, effective January 1, 2026.

About Cannon AFB

Welcome to Cannon Air Force Base, home of the 27th Special Operations Wing and a community of Air Commandos on the high plains of eastern New Mexico. Located just west of Clovis near the Texas state line, Cannon is part of Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) and supports specialized missions including precision strike, specialized mobility, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and air-to-ground integration. Aircraft associated with the wing include the AC-130, CV-22, MC-130, and MQ-9.

Cannon’s story actually began long before its current special operations mission. The airfield started as Portair Field, a civilian stop for early transcontinental flights in the late 1920s, before becoming Clovis Municipal Airport. During World War II, it was transformed into Clovis Army Air...

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