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  • Get personal with your TRICARE benefits

    TRICARE beneficiaries who are registered on http://www.triwest.com now have their own personal profile to provide quick online access to their TRICARE benefits. When a beneficiary logs in to www.triwest.com, a customized personal profile will appear, featuring quick links to eligibility, claims status, other health insurance and more. Beneficiaries

  • African-American History Month started as a week-long celebration

    African-American History Month is observed in the United States each year during the month of February. It is meant to be a time of the year in which we recognize the progress, richness and diversity of African-American achievement. But do you know why February was chosen over the other 11 months of the year? African-American History Month owes it

  • Commissary scholarship deadline is Feb. 21

    While chocolate and flowers are traditional Valentine gifts, perhaps for students the best gift is a $1,500 scholarship. The Scholarships for Military Children program might be just the ticket this Valentine's Day, but don't procrastinate because applications must be turned in at a commissary by close of business Feb. 21. The scholarships are
  • Bob Bassford, Air Force retiree, gets a snack after donating blood at McConnell Feb. 2 during the Company Grade Officer-sponsored American Red Cross blood drive. (Air Force Photo by 1st Lt. Ashley Conner 22nd ARW Public Affairs)

    Company Grade Officers sponsor McConnell blood drive

  • MEO: Dealing with discrimination

    The 1960's and 1970's were times of great change in the United States. The Civil Rights movement and the Feminist movement made apparent discriminatory practices that plagued the country and members of the military. The Air Force recognized that discrimination and sexual harassment severely impair a unit's readiness, camaraderie and discipline -
  • Members of the Kansas City 24th Marine Regiment serve as pallbearers Jan. 25, during the funeral of Albert “Jud” Wagner. Here, fellow veterans pay respect to world's oldest Marine. (Air Force photo by Senior Airman Jamie Train)

    Saying farewell to last World War I Marine

    Members of the Kansas City 24th Marine Regiment serve as pallbearers Jan. 25, during the funeral of Albert "Jud" Wagner. Mr. Wagner served as a Marine from 1918-1919 and was recognized as one of nine surviving World War I veterans. He was 107 years old when he died and was Kansas' oldest World War I veteran. He was the world's oldest Marine. Mr.
  • Brig. Gen. Frederick Roggero, Deputy Director of Air, Space and Information Operations, Headquarters Air Mobility Command, Scott Air Force Base, Ill., speaks to Team McConnell members Jan. 24 in the Dole Center ballroom while visiting here to talk about flight mishap prevention and flight safety. (Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Roy Lynch 22nd Communications Squadron)

    Brig. Gen. Roggero speaks to Team McConnell

  • Tech. Sgt. Scott Alexander, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, inspects the tire treads of a helium tank trailer prior to driving it on to the flightline Nov. 4, the day LRS Airmen loaded several tanks onto a C-17, from the 62nd Airlift Wing, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The C-17 transported the tanks to Southwest Asia. Mission capability support functions such as this will fall under the supply chain management flight once the 22nd LRS finishes realigning its structure from seven flights to four. The new flights will include the supply chain management flight, the readiness flight, the fuels management flight and the vehicle and equipment management flight. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Troy Karr, 22nd ARW Public Affairs)

    McConnell hand-picked to lead ‘LRS evolution’

    The Air Force has hand-picked McConnell to be one of twelve bases Air Force-wide to restructure its logistics readiness squadron to better meet the needs of the evolving force. Selected bases will streamline several logistics functions using Air Force Smart Operations 21 principles of eliminating unnecessary practices and focusing on work that
  • Lt. Col. Scott Meeker, right, 22nd Services Squadron commander, hands Capt. Willie Cox, 22nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, a certificate Dec. 21 awarding him two tickets to the National Football League’s Pro Bowl game, which will be played Feb. 10 in Honolulu, Hawaii. In addition to Pro Bowl tickets, Captain Cox won an all-expenses-paid, six-day, five-night trip for two to Hawaii, including round trip airfare, hotel accommodations, a rental car and tickets to local attractions, courtesy of the Air Force’s Football Frenzy program. The program offers club members opportunities to win prizes ranging from T-shirts to Super Bowl tickets by watching games at their local base clubs. (Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Troy Karr, 22nd ARW Public Affairs)

    Services squadron gives away Pro Bowl game tickets

  • The first edition of the McConnell newspaper ran a contest asking "What would you name your newspaper?" The first issue of the newspaper was eventually named the "Sweepback" was published on July 27, 1951. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Genevieve Morris, 22nd ARW Public Affairs)

    Contrails signs off with final printed issue

    The base paper spans fifty-six years of history, stories, photographs and memories. Every week McConnell's mission has been documented in the base newspaper since July 27,1951; more than half a century. That era is coming to an end this week. This is the last issue of the McConnell base newspaper in print. When the first issue of the base newspaper
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